How do you see what has happened in Libya?
Libya is an underpopulated wealthy oil rich country. The “Arab Spring” was perceived in the West as a popular Arab revolt against rigid harsh dictatorships and a yearning for Western style participatory democracy. That misconception is cultivated by Western journalists, businessmen and diplomats who have their opinions molded by the minority of urbane Western oriented secularists with whom they work and socialize. The real story in Muslim countries is that the majority of the population is destitute, poorly educated and very susceptible to political Islam. However the Arab Spring began, it soon became a vehicle for political Islamists to seek or achieve power. This happened in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Syria. The situation in Libya is still not stable. A good hunch is that the Saudi and other Sunni donors will tire of the huge subsidies they are giving to Egypt and would not be opposed to Egypt having hegemony over the area. Egypt would not get rich but they wouldn’t starve if that were to happen. Ironically the Russian success in Crimea may encourage the Egyptians to attempt a merger for “security” purposes.