We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
Assurance of equality, liberty, and the governance of people from their consent are the key values they had already upheld as being undeniable truths from their Creator. This began the birth process of a new, free society. Then, they proceeded to incorporate their values into their Constitution so that no future leaders would easily destroy this free society - thus the rise of the American Exceptionalism!
How about Egypt? what about Libya ? Is there any subculture group inside Egypt that upholds the same free society values? Is there a group of leaders who can transform Egypt into a free society? Unfortunately, we do not see any leaders with these core free society values in this nation where 95% of the population believes that Islamic Shariah should play a significant role in their governing principles.
Neither did the Bolshevik Revolution have such a subculture of leaders. Their leaders held no free-society values. As a result, their uprising created a monster state that went on to murder millions of its own citizens. Neither did the Iranian Revolution of 1979 that led to today's radical Islamic rule, threatening the security of its neighbors and exporting terrorism overseas.
Nor will Egypt, or any other Islamic state in the Middle East, be able to birth a new free society that will assure freedoms of speech, expression, religion, press, and equal rights to women and other minority groups, because these values are not compliant with Islamic Shariah laws that are upheld by the largest majority of their citizens.
In the modern history of the Middle East, there is one shining example of this rare birthing of a free society. That was the re-establishment of the nation of Israel in 1948 that created the only oasis of freedom and liberty among the nations ruled by dictators and oppressors. Like America, Israel was raised by a group of leaders who were bred and nurtured in the subculture that upheld free society values as an endowment from their Creator. And also, like America, Israel has realized an admirable economic and social freedom for its citizens.
just sayin
doug
