The Arab Spring uprisings, warmly praised by President Obama, may work to Iran’s advantage, warns the Czech Prime Minister. Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu – Israel National News
The Arab Spring uprisings, warmly praised by President Barack Obama, may work to Iran’s advantage, warns Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas. “It is our Western interest that a possible increase of the Iranian influence is not misused against peaceful and liberal developments, that could otherwise happen in the Middle East,” he told the annual event ‘EU-Washington Forum 2011’ of the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Washington. Necas warned, “We must be aware that there is a huge difference between particular Arab nations,” explaining that anti-Western rulers “have been more than ready to initiate bloodbaths in order to stay in power. “So far, the net result of the ‘Arab Spring’ has been a weakening of Western influence in and on the Arab governments in the countries, which have already experienced the ‘Arab Spring“, Necas said. President Obama told British lords and ministers last May, What we are seeing in Tehran, in Tunis, in Tahrir Square, is a longing for the same freedoms that we take forgranted,” Obama said. “We can and must stand with those who so struggle.” President Obama applauded the Arab Spring uprisings that ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, formally an American ally but who was increasingly anti-Israel. His autocratic and ruthless rule has been replaced by a provisional military regime in Egypt that is openly anti-Israel and anti-American. Earlier this month, President Obama welcomed Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi, who was one of the leaders of the revolution. Osama bin Laden also lauded the Arab Spring in an audio recording before the United States assassinated him. “The sun of the revolution has risen from the Maghreb. The light of the revolution came from Tunisia. It has given the nation tranquility and made the faces of the peoplehappy,” bin Laden stated. “Tunisia was the first but swiftly the knights of Egypt have taken a spark from the free people of Tunisia to Tahrir Square,” he added. “It has made the rulers worried.”
