The recent events in the middle east shows how complicated the region is. The lack of democracy in most of these Arab regimes is supposed to have led to the rise of radical Islam. Or is it these Arab regimes that are the bulwark against the rise the radical Islam? Now there are uprisings all over notably in Libya. And the US and NATO have intervened in support of the rebels who, prior to being almost defeated by the Libyan government, were not just a little anti-West. But even some of the Arab league countries supporting the US and NATO intervention have uprisings in their midst and more often there are radical Islam movements involved. Will the US also intervene in say Syria and Yemen? Is the US actually helping future enemies just like what happened in Afghanistan and, it seems, Iraq? It’s a mess. And we’re not even into the Israel issue yet.