
Over the weekend, three events gained major coverage here – protests in Egypt, the capture of the Colonel Gaddafi’s son, Saif and of course the crackdown in Syria.
Iranian-sponsored Press TV has continued to cover the demonstrations in Bahrain, Yemen, as well as the current turn of events in Iraq and Afghanistan, where students took to the streets disgusted at the decision by the ‘ruling elders’ to permit a continued American presence in their country.
So is the Middle East ablaze, is there going to be a major shift in power, away from the old order of monarchs and dictators to one governed for the people by the people?
To early to say, however, if the protesters in Egypt get their way, that may well become a reality.
All this would also throw under the spotlight the real reasons for Nato’s backing of a small rebellion in Libya.
Apart from the oil wealth, perhaps another consideration was to gain a foothold in what is becoming a genuine people’s revolt.
Colonel Gaddafi’s Libya was also friendless and a miltary irrelevance.
None of that can be said of Bashir Al-Asad’s Syria.