liberty and economic freedom although we have seen three heads of state being crushed two by popular uprisings and one through intervention by the north atlantic treaty organisation nato forces in libya others such as morocco jordan and bahrain are holding on for dear life to power assisted openly by the united states france and britain it is well known that the three countries foreign policies are aimed at defending any government that seeks to protect its own political and economic interests that is why for instance mubarak and ben ali were not removed five or ten