It's not the greatest government, either, but when the governments are forcefully and quickly removed - there's a void. That void has to be filled by....something..... and fast.
Problem-reaction-solution. The radicals already have the solution (theirs). All they have to do is manipulate the population into a crises. The radicals create a problem in the minds of the masses (real or imagined). The next step is to get the masses to demand change. The radicals then come in with the change the people are demanding, but the "hope and change" always turns out to be a worse situation for the innocent people than they had before the crises.
The people have been herded, and they don't even know it.
These things have to move slowly, so the people actually have the right to think for themselves. Rushing will get them more of the same - or worse. Remember health care? There was no health care crises until the left decided they wanted to take it over. Out came the trial lawyers to sue the pants off doctors, pharmecudicals, and insurance companies. The cost went so high, people cried out for a savior. Presto! The left came out with their health care package to "save" us from the very crises they created!
How many decades have the people of the Middle East lived under tyranny? They have been patient...but now it is time to throw off the chains of tyranny. You know who else is quaking in their sandals? The government in Iran...don’t kid yourself, this is scaring the hell out of them. Their people are very close to overthrowing their government...this could be the straw that breaks the camels back...