it's important...

It's important not to get bogged down with political 'what ifs' when considering whether to support the protestors of the middle east. There is a tendency amongst politicians, and the general public, to wonder what would happen if the apathy inducing tyrants presently controlling the middle east were to fall, it's easy to worry that such a gap in tyrants, such awakeness amongst the people, would allow for a Muslim Brotherhood type islamist government, who then by some miracle give up their borders and form some sort of huge Caliphate, with links to al-qaeda and the ability to detonate nuclear weapons..

The reality is that the dictators posing as 'leaders of democratic countries' are violently attempting to silent the mass protests. After the relatively easy revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt, the people in neighbouring countries have been understandably roused with anger and hope for change. The neighbouring governments on the other hand, after the relatively easy fall of the dictators in Tunisia and Egypt, have started shitting stones, and in turn have put on a rather heavy boot (a heavy boot in the form of tanks and shootings).

All we can do in more priveliged countries is put aside our petty and unfounded worries, and support the people who deserve the same freedoms that we have, the same choice over who leads them, and the same freedom to peacefully protest without getting shot in the head.