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 disposessed 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]], six million disposessed 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. |