Blog Post 2: Death of the American Ambassador to Libya - Impact on the Arab Spring

                The death of Chris Stevens outlines the ferocity of the Arab Spring movement and gives the perception that an American presence in the Middle East is not wanted. An attack such as this additionally displays the misconceptions of the Arab Spring that arise through the media. Headlines on major news networks have capitalized on this event and have defined Libya as an unappreciative and violent nation that seems ignorant to international law. While claims like this can seem to fit in the media, it should be noted that only a select group of Libyan individuals committed this heinous atrocity and that not all of Libya agrees and is responsible. However, the misinformed Western and European public have on a wide scale been led to believe that this was a strictly Libyan attack due to the work of a small group of extremists who are not representative of the entire nation. Thus in essence this event impacts the Arab Spring movement in the sense that it has greatly changed the public perception of the Middle East.