ABSTRACT
The “Arab Spring” exposed the tremendously oppressive conditions that Arabs lived under. For the United States and Western governments, it was all too convenient to ignore the conditions in the likes of Hosni Mubarak's Egypt, King Abdullah's Saudi Arabia, and King Mohammed VI's Morocco. Geopolitical considerations—as opportunistic imperial objectives are known—and the interests of serving the Israeli occupation and establishing peace treaties with Arab countries, whatever form their governments take, trumped democratic and human rights considerations. Despite changes brought about by the Arab uprisings of 2011, this political phenomenon is still very much in place. While the Arab people continue to press for democracy, some Arab tyrannical regimes (especially in the Gulf region) continue to show resiliency and enjoy Western political and military support.
