Libya

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I saw an interview on BBC news earlier with a middle east expert who said that the reason it's an anti-American protest is that people from these countries are so used to having the government choose and control what is published and printed/filmed etc and publishing it themselves, that they cannot accept that this was one guy, but that it must be the US government.

Interesting... This makes sense though. I don't think we'll see a true western-style democracy in the Middle East anytime soon. You can't just expect people to go from Point A (repressive, theocratic government) to Point Z (completely democratic, free, open, and transparent government) overnight. Plus, there's the whole issue of the rather biased idea that the Western view of how governments should be is the right thing for every nation. It's gotta come from the bottom up in each individual culture. We can influence, but can't install.