President Bush suspected the U.N had a nuclear weapon program. In 2009 there was a widely dispute in the election of President Ahmadinedjad as he remains in power.
Saudi Arabia, a longtime U.S ally and the largest oil producer in the Middle East faces a growing problem with the Muslims that threaten the stability and the West's oil supply.
The guy symbolizes the guy who set himself on fire because he was sick of the gov't in Tunisia. They have changed their gov't and so have other counties such as Egypt and Libya.