North African leaders have worked with the West against Islamists and migrants - becoming more repressive as a result. http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/02/201121310169828350.html So the "War on Terror" means the West supports repressive dictators and supplies them with anti-personnel weapons which then get used for internal repression which finally de-stabilises their countries. Unintended consequences, much?