The problem with a number of the mideast Islamic countries is not that there aren’t true believers in western-style democracies. It’s just that they’re far too few in numbers to thwart the ignorant semi-savages who are more than willing to be governed by slightly smarter savages who oppress everybody who is not like them. About thirty to forty percent of adult Egyptians want western-style freedoms. Sixty to seventy percent are quite content to live like they did 1300 years ago.
Is that so hard to understand.....
“Arab Spring” democracy has certainly not increased women’s freedom, nor was there ever any reason to expect that it would.
Why then was Barack Obama so hyped over his “achievement” in having helped put new rulers into power in the Middle East? First of all, this is a man with a monumental ego, to whom every avenue to self-aggrandizement is welcomed, whether it is ObamaCare or realigning the Middle East.
Either or both may end in utter disaster for others, but that is hardly a deterrent to Obama. What some see as a failure of his Middle East policy is a success in carrying out his vision of a historic realignment. The lives that are lost and the increased dangers of international turmoil are to him just “bumps in the road” on the path to his place in history.
The democracy always works assumption assumes linearity—that which can be voted can be unvoted. In the Middle East, it’s “one man, one vote, one time.” However it works out (and it will probably Carter-approved if he monitors the election), it is set in dictatorial stone thereafter.
“First of all, this is a man with a monumental ego,”
I hate to correct a man who bats a grand but “Walks like a duck” is no man. He’s...no...its a filthy koranimal.
Now, lets clear the benches and finish this!
A constitutional republic is a quite advanced concept. Exporting it to those with a limited education (I did not say intellect.) is a losing proposition. A foundation needs to be built first. I suggest we export the Magna Carta first. No, I am not being sarcastic. Start with a basic understanding of God given rights and build from there.
