[M Kehoe]

Good morning.

I understood the term “Arab Spring” also to be just a shorthand way of encapsulating the broad set of events,...

The "shorthand," tends to give the wrong information to the LIV (low information voters). Plus, from a geographical standpoint, Persia really is the "Near East."

I understand your point, though. What would you now call the so called "Arab spring?"

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[ClearCase_guy]

What would you now call the so called "Arab spring?"

I call it -- "The drive to create a new Caliphate".