And the revolutions spread. All as extraordinary testimony to the human spirit, to courage, and to people's capacity to mobilise for justice, when enough is past enough. The possibiity that Gaddafi could fall is right now beyond belief. Robert Fisk tells us to look to Bahrain http://www.tinyurl.com.au/124h
I think we also need to go to 20th Century history and Western interference in the Arab world. Just for now, let's determine that national political leaders support revolutionary aims in Mid East nation-states, and speak for democratic justice no matter what diplomatic agendas might beg silence.
Of course, when all else fails, read Fisk.