Hatred of America did not end when the Arab spring began, any more than the establishment of supposedly tolerant western liberal democracies ended the baiting of Muslims with provocative films and cartoons. It is no coincidence that Stevens's murder came on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US, and after militants were called to avenge the death of Abu Yahya al-Libi , al-Qaida's second-in-command, in north-west Pakistan in June. With the CIA and US military determinedly assassinating figures like Libi and Osama Bin Laden since the start of the "war on terror", so the terrorists' surviving supporters have fought back in kind. An unstable country such as Libya is an obvious place for such men of violence to rally and prosper. The fact that the Red Cross, as well as aid convoys from the UK, has been attacked numerous times in Benghazi over the past few months gives an indication of the nature of the hateful gangs operating in the area. There are millions of peaceful, decent Libyans living in the country, but at present it is jihadists who are in the ascendancy. Angry reactions to blasphemous insults are one thing, but the truth is that Libya is currently a hotbed of unregulated, well-equipped and fiercely determined radicals who think nothing of murdering Americans. This is the ultimate message behind the appalling death of Chris Stevens. The fact that the Red Cross, as well as aid convoys from the UK, has been attacked numerous times in Benghazi