Demonstrators are out in force in Lebanon and Iraq, with similar and justified complaints about ineffective and corrupt government. Could it be the beginning of a new Arab Spring?
I doubt it. Ineffective and corrupt government is the product of factions dividing the spoils. It is the price of peace in those two countries.
European history tells us that, over the long run, religious factions can be overcome by nationalism. It takes a long time, innumerable deaths, and stalemate, however. I don’t think either Lebanon or Iraq has reached that stage yet.