Of course they get credit. These protests having been going on and have been getting crushed for decades. The US support made the difference this time.
When I was in Egypt with my father a few years back, no Egyptian would dare speak bad about Mubarak. When the US told him his time was up, He knew the deal
Qaddafi tried to fight it........ he was found in a rat hole :jada:
Rebels have taken almost half of Syria based on the backing of US.
Credit wise I will say
protesters -30%
USA backing-70%
You honestly think this is the first time the people had protested? Ask yourself....what was different this time around....