Unleashing a Cataclysm

The damage of the Arab Spring is just beginning to be realized. When the Shah of Iran was deposed, the ramifications were rapidly felt but are also still being dealt with today as the Islamic Republic threatens regional and world stability and attempts to construct an atomic arsenal. Now consider an aggressive, backward looking Islam being unleashed in every nation where revolt against Arab autocrats succeeded and might soon throw Syria and Lebanon, which remains largely under Syrian control, into this atavistic column. All of the newly "liberated" countries are likely to become increasingly hostile to the West and especially Israel. There is no prospect that Muslim Brotherhood led governments will be more inclined to keep the peace with the Jewish states than the dictators they replaced. Suddenly, Islam is on the ascendancy and Western interests are under threat across the Middle East.