The Mideast is in turmoil.  The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafi party win big in Egyptian elections, capturing 70 percent of parliamentary seats.  Meanwhile, Khaled Meshal, the Damascus-based supreme leader of Hamas wants to step down, as his staff flees the mayhem in Syria. What to make of all this? All very disturbing and threatening to Western values and interests?  Should liberal Egyptians, trounced at the polls, worry about their future under Islamist rule?  Does the Arab Spring bode well for Iranian-backed terrorist outfits like Hezbollah and Hamas?  Is the region apt to be plunged into a new era of medieval darkness? Not to worry, according to the general tenor of Western media reporting.  There are lots of silver linings.   Harsh evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, mainstream media correspondents insist that the Arab Spring is changing the likes of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, turning them into movements the West can do...(Read Full Post)