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I disagree that he toppled them. All he was was the spark that lit the fuel that had been building up for something like this to happen for fifty-odd years.

However I think the Arab Spring will eventually topple Syria and Yemen as well as the three that have already fallen. In addition there is likely to be some lessening of the powers of the monarchs of Oman, Jordan and especially Morocco.