As noted by Richard Heinberg on June 22nd, 2011, the media has lacked the ability to connect the economic situations in the Middle East and their uprisings to what is happening in Europe. I would avoid the word “Revolution” in the case of the Middle Eastern uprisings, seeing as no dramatic systemic changes have taken place, only the ousting of dictators.

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The markets are jumping higher today on the back of a commodity pull back. Oil is dropping slightly on the day as it appears Moammar Gadhafi is on the retreat. Not only has the U.N been meeting about a possible no fly zone over Libya but rumors have surfaced that the Gadhafi is trying to negotiate an exit from Libya with the opposition. As of now, the rest of the Middle East is relatively quiet.

After an initial pull back crude oil gained some strength overnight as investors seem to consider the Egypt unrest as little threat to the flow of oil through the Suez canal. It is great to play the threat of disruption in our trades but there is little proof that oil and energy is ever effected by these tense situations.