Political Unrest in the Middle East.

As many of us are aware, for a few months now, the Middle East has been experiencing revolts and riots against the governments in power there. The rioters, contrary to popular beleif, are primarily civil and peaceful, though sometimes violent. Some of the countries that we are primarily hearing about are Egypt, Libya, Baihran, and many more. The protests are against the dictatorships that the countries are facing. For example, Egypts dictator was Hosni Mubarek, a tyrant who was in power for over 25 years. The people of egypt were tired of the way he was ruling them, so they protested. mubarek eventually stepped down, much to the happiness of the Egyptian people. When they were rioting, the people of egypt were faced with some violence, but not much. That isn't always the case, as we can see with Libya. In Libya, the dictator Muammar Qadaffi has been committing mass genocide against his people. Over 2000 Libyan protesters have been killed by Qadaffi and his army. Just for protesting. The protests have hit America hard, as well. Gas prices have risen drastically. The sad thing is, ever since 9-11, many Americans have had this sense that all muslim people are bad and evil, when it is entirely not the case. While yes, many terrorists are Islam, they are the minority of the Islam world. So, American and other western governments are showing no sign of helping in Libyas political struggles, when we could, very easily, throw Qadaffi out of power. Many Americans are saying this like 'we already have out hands tied up with Egypt'. That is not the case. Yes, we are helping Egypt in their political struggles, but the Egyptian people have their situation primarily under control. So, why can't we help the Libyan people who are struggling with such a horrible problem? These protests are spreading fast. All over the middle east. my fear is that some governments that have struggles with major political upheavals in the recent past, may not know how to handle things like this. Take Lebanon, for example. In the 1960's, they struggles with a major civil war that divided the country by religion. Islam and Christian. If something like these protests break out in Lebanon, I dont know if the Lebanese people will be able to handle it. This really scares me, because some of my family, including myself, have relatives in Lebanon. However, one good thing to come out of these prostests are that the old governments that were very harsh and rigid are being broken down by the wave of the middle eastern youth. This is good because, our generation is changing the world. If they are making such impact for the better over there, just imagine what we can do over here. This just proves the power that we really have. Just imagine what we could do. We could, theoretically, bring a time of peace to the world. Kind of like the idea of the pheonix reborn from the ashes. The old ways are dying, and the new ideas that our generation stands for can be heard and taken into action.