The Americans did it. The Americans did it.

"National Endowment money, $100-million-plus a year, is at work in more than 90 countries worldwide. But it's the USAID grants, from an $800 million budget for developing "political competition" and "civil society" in 67 nations, that have proved vital to activists in a half-dozen Arab lands, from Morocco to Yemen. Some $104 million was requested for them in the proposed 2011 budget."  To prove the stupid thesis of this piece, the writer then cites the authority of a Mubarak's stooge who "confirms" that indeed the Americans were behind the Egyptian revolution.  This is called solid reporting based on sound and logical argumentation.   OK. OK. The Americans did it.  The Americans are behind all revolts around the world. I get it.  Arabs can't do that on their own.  Just leave me alone, please and stop those silly articles.   This is the logic of these articles: they start with a premise: that hundreds of Egyptians watched the TV show, Bay Watch.  They then draw a link: that Bay Watch inspired the Egyptians and sparked their revolution. (thanks Mouin)