Some feel angered and even betrayed from the death of Christopher Stevens, who is better known as "America's Ambassador to Lybia". Not only is the death affecting Americans themselves, it is impacting a very important issue today known as the Arab Spring Movement.
If the United States did everything on Arabs' wish lists, there would remain a small, influential fringe that would find another reason to hate or at least dislike the United States. To begin, even when the United States does good things such as ending the war in Iraq, Arab public opinion does not seem to change all that much. Relating back to Libya, anti-American sentiment will almost certainly increase after the NATO operation becomes forgotten by many. For decades, the United States undermined Arab democracy through its consistent support of Arab autocrats. In countries like Egypt, Tunisia, and of course Libya, interests and values are not fully aligned and will never be. But they are as closely aligned as one can hope. The United States is finally playing a positive, even crucial, role in supporting the economic recovery of democratically elected governments that enjoy popular legitimacy. After the death of Christopher Stevens, The White House must redouble its commitment to the Arab Spring. Americans, now more than ever, need to hear a clear narrative of why Arab democrats need our support in their struggle against radicals. "Don't let the terrorists win" is a popular response and also seen as as a crude sentiment. In conclusion, things will have to shape up in order to recover the Arab Spring from the death of the American Ambassador.
This is such a sad story. I personally not happy with the way the things are in the middle east and this is a prime example. The ambassador and the other effected were innocent people trying to do their job and this happens to them, that's just terrible. People's views on us from the middle east are so negative because of the what the US did in Iraq and ever since then, views on western countries have not been good. I personally think we should leave the middle east alone, we seem to do more harm than good and this is how the people retaliate. I don't think innocent lives are worth it to create a democratic region.
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