Talk of the “Arab Spring” just shows the West’s ignorance
   The “Arab Spring” is named after the “Prague Spring” which ended not in
   sweeping the Arab world as the “Arab Spring”. Only once, I think, and
   Spring took place in 1968, not 1989 – that was the Velvet Revolution –
   talk of a “Marshall Plan” for the “Arab Spring” countries at the G8
   before the Prague Spring, and it didn’t apply to the eastern bloc, ie.
   The “Arab Spring” indeed…
   Tags: Arab Spring, Egypt, Jordan, Robin Shepherd, prague spring, the
   How ridiculous is the Arab Spring. Walid Phares' brilliant book "Future
   up the democracy movements in the 'Arab Spring' when he is the one who
   much-hyped 'Spring'. The media have already forgotten that revolutions
   Specifically, his comments relate to the "Arab spring"; another glaring
   'Spring' originated before the Prague Spring of 1968 and goes back at
   demonstration. The basic concept of 'Spring' obviously assumes that the
   'Arab Spring' shows a level of political maturity in understanding that
   Arab Spring? More like winter for Jews and Christians, and gays and