The impact of the revolutions? Authoritarian secular Arab states morphing into Islamic and fundamentalist Islamic states on Europe's doorstep. Think Iraq, think Algeria, but a stone's throw from Italy and Spain. The number of refugees could be overwhelming. Oil supplies disrupted, foreign companies expelled. Libya and Morrocco are most at risk, Benghazi in Libya has already been declared a sovereign Islamic state. We can hope that the people will not accept one prohibitive government to replace the last one, but as has already happened religious zealots often have the loudest voices and the biggest guns. Revolutions are often hijacked, let's hope these are not.In the end though, the people themselves may choose religious states democratically. The reach of the extremists may become uncomfortably close.
Chris Mercer
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