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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, they'd 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 carrying favor at home. and they had secure, uncontested borders. today, across the region, that structure...

Through a broader presence. if you would look to the middle east 15 years ago you would have seen a stream of strikingly similar regimes across the reasonable gone from libya and tunisia in 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 their legitimacy from the outside powers. it meant that the rulers were more about pleasing patrons abroad rather than incurring favor at home and they had secure uncontested borders. today across the region that structure of authority has collapsed from libya to syria and p...

Cnn.com. why libya 2011 is not iraq 2003. absent from the protests is the burning of american flags. that's because arabs have been able to express that their biggest enemy isn't the united states but their own rulers. that's an encouraging sign today. >> sure. >> but there is a question mark about where we go fm. >> always. al qaeda is not an accident that so many people are from egypt, yemen or saudi. these repressive dictatorships, revolutionary jihadism flourishes. also, this is the death knell of al qaeda. no one is carrying his picture. they are not part of the conversation. that's the g...