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The '''Arab Spring''' beginning in 2011 was largely an anti-[[Western civilization|Western]], anti-[[Zionist]] movement orchestrated by the [[Obama administration]] to topple [[secular]] regimes in the [[Arab]] world. As a journalistic euphemism, it was intended to evoke reminiscences of the 1968 [[Prague Spring]], or a peaceful demonstration against [[authoritarian]] rulers to bring about "socialism with a human face."

The '''Arab Spring''' beginning in 2011 was largely an anti-[[Western civilization|Western]], anti-[[Zionist]] movement orchestrated by the [[Obama administration]] to topple [[secular]] regimes in the [[Arab]] world. As a journalistic euphemism, it was intended to evoke reminiscences of the 1968 [[Prague Spring]], or a peaceful demonstration against [[authoritarian]] rulers to bring about "socialism with a human face."

It was billed as an effort at [[democracy|democratitization]] in the Arab Middle East through regime change, along the lines of President [[George W. Bush]]'s 2003 [[Iraq war]] without using US troops. Ultimately it ended in a bloody and humanitarian disaster and led to the rise of the [[Islamic State]], eleven million dispossessed, in excess of 400,000 dead in [[Syria]], and the [[European migrant crisis]]. A corollary to the plan was to build the image of [[Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] as a great world leader and statesman as Obama's successor.<ref>http://www.unz.com/efingleton/assange-hillary-thought-libya-would-be-her-stepping-stone-to-the-presidency/</ref>

It was billed as an effort at [[democracy|democratitization]] in the Arab Middle East through [[regime change]], along the lines of President [[George W. Bush]]'s 2003 [[Iraq war]] without using US troops. Ultimately it ended in a bloody and humanitarian disaster and led to the rise of the [[Islamic State]], eleven million dispossessed, in excess of 400,000 dead in [[Syria]], and the [[European migrant crisis]]. A corollary to the plan was to build the image of [[Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] as a great world leader and statesman as Obama's successor.<ref>http://www.unz.com/efingleton/assange-hillary-thought-libya-would-be-her-stepping-stone-to-the-presidency/</ref>

The states of  [[Libya]], [[Yemen]] and others were destabilized. [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] actively intervened in Syria and Libya, funnelling money and weapons to known [[Salafi]] [[jihad]]i groups. The powers that be remained in control of secular [[Egypt]]. [[Iran]], with Western acquiescence, remained firmly on the path to becoming a [[nuclear]] power.  

The states of  [[Libya]], [[Yemen]] and others were destabilized. [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] actively intervened in Syria and Libya, funnelling money and weapons to known [[Salafi]] [[jihad]]i groups. The powers that be remained in control of secular [[Egypt]]. [[Iran]], with Western acquiescence, remained firmly on the path to becoming a [[nuclear]] power.