Dateline: the Middle East

The 'Arab Spring', is seen by naive Western leaders as a positive development to bring true Western-style democratic freedom to the masses of the ME. But many analysts, and some top Israeli officials, quickly warned that we could get an 'Islamic Winter'.

Tunisia was the first country…to oust its long-time dictator. On October 23^rd it held its first free election…Voter turnout was massive at 90%. The results surprised many in the West, but they shouldn't have. The Ennahda Party will control the parliament.

Ennahda is labeled by Western media as a 'moderate' Islamic group, but that is misleading. They backed Iran's takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and called for attacks on US targets during the Gulf War. Their ideology matches Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood: to impose Islamic law on the whole world.

The Ennahda's leader said if his group won, they would impose 'moderate' Sharia [Islamic] Law on what until now was one of the Arab world's most progressive nations.

Post-Gaddafi Libya will also see Sharia as the 'basic source' of its civil laws, said interim leader Abdul-Jalil, who has already altered some laws, such as banning local banks from charging interest and making it legal to again practice polygamy.

Predictions see the Muslim Brotherhood, the grandfather of all extremist Islamic groups in the region, as the over-all winner in soon to be held Egyptian elections. The Islamic spirit is also consolidating power in Turkey and Lebanon… and among the Palestinians.

General Eisenberg, Israel's Home Front Commander, warned months ago that the the Arab Spring increases the likelihood of all out war, that might involve weapons of mass destruction, as the radical powers taking over many nations are driven by messianic ideologies that compel them to destroy Israel in order to usher in a new Islamic golden age. ("Islamic Winter: Tunisian and Libyan 'liberation' leads to Sharia," Israel Today, 24 Oct. 2011)