The protests in the Middle East targeting US Embassies, as well as the murder of the US Ambassador, two Navy SEALS, and a fourth American in Libya, as described by Lawrence Freeman, Executive Intelligence Review Magazine.
Freeman discusses the 'Clash of Civilization', the '100 Years War', and says these protests have more to do with this, and Obama administration actions in the Middle East. These actions include "Obama's illegal war", the assistance in Egypt in removing Mubarek from power, and the NATO military action in Libya to remove Gadaffi. Freeman says the Obama administration "...finds itself more and more in alliance with al Qaeda..."