In the past eight years, the following countries have had or almost had revolutions:
* Libya, Quadaffi dead
* Egypt, Mubarak out, then Muslim Brotherhood out by military coup
* Tunisian revolution, 2010-2011, actually led to democracy
* Yemen, two presidents/prime ministers
* Syria, attempt to overthrow dictator, currently in civil war
* Iraq, Hussain out, now civil war
* Iran, attempted revolution in 2009, ayatollahs still in power
The world is on fire, and that’s the hotbed. He knows he has to look strong or be one of the next to fall.
Especially for a nation that is full of Syrian refugees, Palestinians, Iraqi Christians and Assyrians and no oil with which to bribe a rescue by the West.
I know... and still yet, the personal touch... that isn’t all that common. He knows he risks getting blown up by doing that.
Um, was the zero involved in almost all of those?