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April 7, 2011
This Tricky Business of War
Because we're asked to make no sacrifices, and the soldiers are all volunteers, we civilians seem
to regard America's wars as if they were someone else's hobby, as if they weren't our business,
as if our bullets and bombs were being launched out into empty space.
But all our wars have consequences, and they last. Because of President Bush's commitment to
replacing evil regimes with democratically elected ones, the whole Muslim world saw Muslims
voting and getting the leaders that they chose. I think the street rebellions, starting in Tunisia
and moving on through Egypt to Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria, are the direct consequence
of that.
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February 17, 2011
Democracy in Egypt
Let's get one thing straight, right from the start. What we saw on the streets of Cairo was not
democracy, not as we use the term today.
It was revolution, and it might lead to a government of the people, by the people, and for the
people, but it might not. In historical terms, the odds are against it.
When our founding fathers spoke of democracy, it was with a shudder -- a poisonous viper, a
thing to be feared. That's because to them it meant little more than "mob rule" -- the people
striking down or setting up laws based on the whim of the moment.
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