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The '''Arab Spring''' of 2011-2012 was a journalistic euphemism 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 ultimately was a bloody disaster and led to the rise of the [[Islamic State]], six million dispossessed refugees and 300,000 dead in [[Syria]]; [[Libya]], [[Yemen]] and other states destabilized. The powers that be remaining in control of secular [[Egypt]]. And [[Iran]], with Western acquiescence, on the path to becoming a [[nuclear]] power.
The '''Arab Spring''' of 2011-2012 was a journalistic euphemism 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 ultimately was a bloody disaster and led to the rise of the [[Islamic State]], eleven million dispossessed refugees and 300,000 dead in [[Syria]]; [[Libya]], [[Yemen]] and other states destabilized. The powers that be remaining in control of secular [[Egypt]]. And [[Iran]], with Western acquiescence, on the path to becoming a [[nuclear]] power.
:... the idea of an “Arab Spring” for the entire Arab world that President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and investor George Soros strongly promoted turned out to be based on a naïve idealism that instead undermined the rule of law and led to anarchy, starvation, and a refugee crisis that hurt citizens more than the dictatorships that preceded it.<ref>[https://appliedunificationism.com/2016/02/08/best-policy-ideas-of-the-2016-presidential-candidates/ The Best Policy Ideas of the 2016 Presidential Candidates], Gordon Anderson - February 8, 2016</ref>
:... the idea of an “Arab Spring” for the entire Arab world that President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and investor George Soros strongly promoted turned out to be based on a naïve idealism that instead undermined the rule of law and led to anarchy, starvation, and a refugee crisis that hurt citizens more than the dictatorships that preceded it.<ref>[https://appliedunificationism.com/2016/02/08/best-policy-ideas-of-the-2016-presidential-candidates/ The Best Policy Ideas of the 2016 Presidential Candidates], Gordon Anderson - February 8, 2016</ref>