Sorry to say it folks, but “Arab Spring” sprung as a Bush era feely-goody sound bite after invading Iraq, promoting an Arab Spring of democratic euphoria as a result of “liberating Iraqis’ from Saddam.
Did he use that term. I knew he promoted the idea of democracies cropping up. At the time it sounded good, but it doesn’t take long to see how that could turn very bad too.
I hadn’t realized he used that term if he did. Ug.
Having spent some time in Iraqi Kurdistan earlier this year, I will say that at least that part of Iraq is thriving and peaceful. Of course, the Kurdish Peshmerga are diligent in keeping trouble-makers out of their territory and welcoming those who come to do business and live in relative freedom.
The rest of Iraq is still a deadly cesspool of violence and extremism.