And who better than Robert Fisk to write the obituary.
Love him or hate him, and plenty are on either side, Fisk knows and understands the Middle East better than virtually any Western based writer.
This past week he journeyed to Tunisia to visit the cradle of the Arab Spring.
Tunisia has thus far come off as the glowing success story in Western media coverage of the various Arab springs.
Egypt's spring took control of the country from the army and gave it to the army.
Libya's spring took the country away from a benevolent crank and gave it to three hundred semi-organized militias who continue to run amok to this day.
Springtime in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia was strangled in its crib.
Syrian spring is being leveraged by the usual suspects into a cudgel with which to pummel Iran.
If you're not familiar with Fisk's work you don't know the Middle East. When Fisk says Arab Spring is over, you can be assured that Arab Spring is over.
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