Welcome To The Domino Principle And The End Times, Arab Style.

(February 3, 2011)

I'm no expert on the Middle East or Arab world...no degrees in political science, Arab studies or international relations. No trips to the Middle East, no friends or family from the region. In fact, other than reading and watching the news, I don't have a clue about the place; I'm completely ignorant. Turns out, it seems that I'm the same as every expert on the region. On New Year's Eve, no one, not the CIA, the Israeli's, The Europeans, not even the Arabs themselves could have predicted what the Middle East on January 31st would look like. It's sudden, unexpected, frightening and messy. The one thing everyone knows is that no one knows if this is a new beginning, or the beginning of the end.