NYT: Obama Abandoned U.S. Allies (Arab Spring) To Gain Favor With New Regimes And Counter al-Qaeda Claims of U.S. Interference

Barry Rubin @ Radical Islam.Org :  "...If Landler was right, then Obama did have a sense of what was going to happen and prepared for it. It cannot be said that he was caught unawares.  This view would suggest, then, that he thought American strategic interests could be protected and broader instability avoided by overthrowing U.S. allies as fast as possible and by showing the oppositions that he was on their side..."