The Arab Spring started in Tunisia and most recently led to the death of a dictator in Libya. For the most part, our media have described these movements as driven by those yearning for freedom – not unlike the fall of the Iron Curtain. But now Libya’s new rulers are imposing radical Sharia law, Egypt is already killing religious minorities and the incoming leaders of Tunisia are the equivalent of the Muslim Brotherhood. Should we be OK with this trend if it’s what the people want or has the United States just facilitated the radicalizing of an already unstable region? Will these new regimes be supporting terrorism? And what should we expect in Syria – where the existing government seems to be increasingly vulnerable? We discuss it all with Brigitte Gabriel, founder of Act for America and author of “They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It”.
