That is certainly true. But it is hardly unique. Iran has clearly been perplexed and stumbling, especially when the uprisings spread to Syria. But the greatest perplexity may be in Turkey, where the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided awhile back to pay more attention to relations with its Muslim neighbors than with Europe. Five months ago, Erdogan went to Tripoli to accept the Qadhdhafi International Prize for Human Rights(!). Last month, he said, “Military intervention by NATO in Libya or any other country would be totally non-productive.” Now, the Turkish parliament has approved the dispatch of Turkish warships under NATO command to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya and endorsed NATO’s takeover of military operations in, over and around Libya.
