All along, there have been convincing reasons to be skeptical about the future to which Arab resistance has opened the door. Earlier, some aspects of these concerns had already been elaborated in this column.
Revolutions are not to be measured by the detail that subsequent commemorative national holidays emphasize. That celebrated component of the revolutionary process is the overthrow of the “old régime”. Granted, there is no revolution if the old system is not ousted. However, crushing the old system of government does not guarantee the ultimate success of the upheaval.
At least not by the standards of the terms by which it defined its goals during the upheaval’s first and violent phase. The analogy is a sailboat race. To become a participant you have to get the vessel’s hull wet. After that comes the crucial part which includes manning the boat and holding it on course.
How Many More Murders In Libya?
From the desk of Lucien Oulahbib on Tue, 2011-03-15 21:23
It seems that out of hatred for Bush, the Powers That Be have decided to wait for The Big One, the pure massacre. It is not only appalling and shameful, it is revealing of the status achieved by the conservatism of the left and the right who return to realpolitik when it suits them.
Libya And A Craven West
From the desk of William Holland on Mon, 2011-03-14 03:00
The revolt from Islamic autocracy throughout North Africa and the Middle East have put Western cognoscenti at a dear disadvantage. For decades, Western intelligentsia have treated the region and its peoples to the soft bigotry of low expectations embodied in belief that stability was superior to liberal democracy.
We are now witnessing an Arab secular revolt unhinged from the geopolitical moorings of any Western agenda. Our anemic response embodies a betrayal worthy of Julien Benda! Western liberals cannot bring themselves to defend the very liberty that informed the cry that has now consumed so much Islamic soil.
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