Unlike the rest of the Arab nations, Saudi Arabia is ruled by a true reformer: King Abdullah. Mostly unnoticed abroad, the changes in the country are rapid and profound. Whereas swift results are impossible, due to the extremely conservative background of the society, the quality of life is rising, young people are encouraged to get education and jobs, universities and colleges are built, the overhaul of the legal system is about to begin, etc. I don't expect any major troubles in nearby future. IMHO

"I hated all Tyrants ,because they are leading ignorant people " Mahmoud Darwish

In Iran Ahmadinejad is one link in a chain which will still be strong without him. Ahmadinejad is not Gaddafi. Its also not in Israel's best interest at this time for the ayatollahs to be toppled we are better with the enemy we know. Currently the opposition is led by the opportunist Mousavi who whilst he talks like a moderate he was calling for Iran to develop nuclear weapons long before Ahmadinejad became president. As soon as an elected government takes over the nuclear sanctions will end because as with Abbas we turn a blind eye to everything he does because he is the moderate who we must support. So Iran we must support the elected government and turn a blind eye to the nuclear program. Its also not good for Israel for Assad to be toppled because the only opposition is the radical Muslim Brotherhood not the more tame version like in Egypt. Hizbollah may also take over and it won't be hard for a pro Iranian islamist government to take over and possibly one that wants to start spending on weapons. The peaceful toppling of Mubarak is an exception to the rule not the norm. The whole world should hope the Saudi royals are not toppled because the country will be replaced by an islamist government and oil prices will skyrocket and the world will sink back into recession and not only that but even the basic foodstuffs will increase in price because delivery will be much more expensive. When Kim Jong Il dies there is a good chance things might change because unless he has support of the army his son won't survive and to the army the son is still an unknown. Once the inner circle is toppled it will probably just be a matter of the north peacefully merging with the south.

Amen to that

The dictatorships Saudi Arabia, Syria Iran Sudan must be toppled. All these dictatorships are corrupted and serve against the interest of its people. Its the GAzza war that paved the way for these revolutions to happen.

I think that the people of the middle east are not familiar enough with the terms "dictator" and "democracy" to know what they are asking for. I doubt we'll see democracy like there is in UK, USA or europe in Arab States. Just look at Turkey as the proof

Syrian dictator would not last one day in power if it wasnt for Israeli support.

#2 I agree with you , I think u r right about Saudi Arabia , beside the government has lots of money to buy enough time to make the adjustments easy .I think it is superficial to blanket the whole region with the same blanket. As you know the jeffersonian democracy in Iraq is not really so inspiring after all even in the medium term.The first thing the Iraqi government hired 1 mill people which would ensure the statist nature of he economy and corruption .Iraq ended in the top four of the most corrupt countries in the world. Oman has violence today but it one best governed in the region and probably Italy , Greece, and most of south America and Asia.So , there is an unmistakable contagion effect . Unfotunately Slama and her compatriots are bit happy as the Israelis drove them into desperation.

Leave the Middle East to its native peoples Kurds, Druzee, Maronites, Chaldeans, Assyriacs, Copts, Jews, Berbers, Tuareg, Phoenicians, Persians, Greeks