Western Embassies in the Middle East

Today in Iran, a group of protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran. They created a hostage situation, in which the six workers at the embassy were literally being held captive by some crazy, fundamentalist Iranian students. Iranian forces were slow to react strongly, and only when this hostage situation had already been created did they stop the protesters.

On September 9 (less than three months ago), some crazy, fundamentalist Egyptian protesters stormed the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian forces didn't even try to stop this crime. A hostage situation was created, in which the workers at the embassy were literally being held captive by the protesters. Only hours later did Egypt even begin trying to do anything about the hostage situation, and because of their slowness (as you will see soon, "laziness" is not the right word) hundreds of people were seriously injured. Sound familiar?

It is not a coincidence that the embassy storming is all happening now, in the midst of the so-called Arab Spring. Granted, most protesters in the Middle East and North Africa have had at least somewhat positive intentions. Most have tried to free their countries from their tyrannic dictatorships and their own unemployment and fatal hunger. However, because of these protests, millions of more extremist people living in these countries have been inspired by the good protests and decided to begin their own, much more evil protests. The effect: crazy free-for-alls across the Middle East and North Africa. Innocent civilians killed, Western foreign embassies attacked, etc.

But that's not where it ends. I mentioned that it would be wrong to describe the Egyptian and Iranian governments' lack of a response to Israeli ad British embassies being attacked as an effect of their laziness. It is not so. Rather, this is another way in which countries all over the Middle East are quietly attacking modern society and democracy. Basically, Egypt and Iran are telling the West, "We don't like you, so we are going to let our people attack you and thereby scare you." This is completely contrary to morality and international law.

Arab Spring? No...I'd rather call it Arab Fall.