CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS June 22, 2014 17:02:00
Through a broader prism. if you had looked at the middle east 15 years ago, you would have seen a string of strikingly similar regimes across the region from libya and the west to syria and iraq in the east. they were all repressive dictatorships, they were all secular in the sense they did not derive -- historically, theyd been supported by outside powers. first the british and french, then the super powers, which meant these rulers worried more about pleasing patrons abroad rather than carryin...
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