The Atlantic in a 2011 article titled, ‘The Arab Spring: “A Virus That Will Attack Moscow and Beijing”,’ would even note:‘… McCain dropped a pretty big zinger on the crowd. McCain was a stalwart supporter of US military intervention amid the opening phases of the Arab Spring. He met with US-armed and backed terrorists both in Libya and Syria until his death in 2018. But overall the western media maintained a narrative of a one-sided ‘massacre’ of ‘peaceful protesters’ by Myanmar’s security forces. The United States promised its Arab Spring would spread like a virus to the doorsteps of Moscow and Beijing.

Source: Libya Today April 02, 2021 18:00 UTC