Lynch mentions that, as a side effect of poor foreign policy and diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, the United States has become more of an obstacle than a sort of “peacekeeper” or “global police force” which is undoubtedly their true intent. However, Lynch does not choose to focus on this, but rather links it to the lack of understanding of events in the Middle East. Lynch touches on the concept that Americans (especially on the American side) and Arabs cannot hope to coexist peacefully if U.S. forces and politicians no longer readily learn to accept, engage, listen to, and learn from newly appointed leaders and their people and to think anything less is by its very nature stupidity. In the conclusion of his work, Lynch questions why political scientists have found it necessary to rely on outdated theories, rather than develop new ones to address current problems and issues along with those yet to come. By doing so, the United States, as well as other countries outside the Arab sphere, would be able to understand what is happening instead of essentially relying on intuition to figure it out and react in a more calculated and understanding way. Lynch's time spent as an advisor to the Obama administration helping and assisting in understanding the Arab Spring, the wealth of blogs and first-hand experiences in the Middle East begins the conveyance of the idea that he approaches his topics and builds his perspective from more than a position of mere spectator, but rather that of an expert or an important position for the President. Whereas to some extent, one of his primary sources, Twitter, helped create much of his research and understanding of the