This is an important article by comrade Joseph: I wanted to cite the whole article in full here. It deals with many aspects of the Arab uprisings: "As Hamas is admitted into the US camp, the new "crescent" that is slated
to dominate (part of) the region is not "Shiite" and anti-American at
all, as US and Saudi propaganda and their allies have claimed for the
last decade, but the very same old American crescent, headed by
the old tyrannical regimes and the triumphant Muslim Brotherhood and
its affiliates. That this is the American plan being executed for the
region is clear enough, its success however is far from being certain." (In Arabic).