Columnist Opinion #4

http://www.leaderjournal.com/opinions/x671076089/Jared-Olar-Will-Arab-Spring-produce-better-leaders

Jared Olar applauds the achievements of the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and other Middle Eastern countries. But he thinks the hope of freedom is fragile at the moment; it could bring improvement or a "different kind of bad". He uses Egypt as an example; since the revolution violence against Coptic Christians has sprung  up where it never existed before.

Columnist POV #3

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/idUS232058400720111020

James Carafano believes that freedom will not fully come to the Middle East without Iran falling as well. He uses previous American policies towards Iran to exemplify that tolerant behavior has never worked. He says the only way to solve Iran's leadership problems is to give freedom to the people, like what has happened in other countries such as Egypt and Libya. In addition, this freedom must come FROM the people; but Carafano complains the U.S government is not doing enough to achieve this goal. His targets his audience, the U.S government by criticizing their policies in the hope that they will change.

Differing Perspective- Columnist 2

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/around-the-world-rage-against-the-elites/2011/10/11/gIQA0UkykL_story.html

David Ignatius believes the uprisings in the Middle East could have been a reaction to the financial crisis in 2008. The riots started among young people because they were unemployed and even in America this displeasure is surfacing. He mentions the protests in Greece, Britain, New Delhi, and America. He sees these revolutions as economic AND political, not just as political like the previous columnist, Turki, believes. In addition to economic troubles, Ignatius sees all the recent revolutions around the world as connected by resentment of the elite. Even Indian and Chinese citizens have been protesting againt corruption.

"Arab Spring" Columnist 1

http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/dark-challenges-restrict-arab-spring-1.887405

Fawaz Turki believes that situations after the uprisings in the Middle East are hard to predict. They were political revolutions, so they will not heal quickly. He cites 2 authors who, in the 1900s, tried to predict what would happen in the Middle East. Turki points out that they were very off the mark. He uses the example of Egypt; After their uprising, there still isn't peace or security. The armed forces are still censoring what the media puts out; they didn't want press coverage of Mubarak's trial. So, until we let things unfold a bit more, it will be hard to predict when freedom will come.