Characterizing what is happening in North Africa as an 'anti-government movement', as many are doing, is less than accurate.
It is, more accurately, an 'anti-tyranny movement', and we would do better to be ALSO informed by those who know the difference.
There's is language in the American Declaration of Independence that resonates with what is unfolding.
The first sentence thereof makes American Independence from Great Britain a matter of natural law resulting from specified grievances.
We shall see how principles espoused and established in this country in the 18th century guide American minds and mouths in the 21st Century.
We shall also see who comes to Mubarak's aide, and why.
It is, more accurately, an 'anti-tyranny movement', and we would do better to be ALSO informed by those who know the difference.
There's is language in the American Declaration of Independence that resonates with what is unfolding.
The first sentence thereof makes American Independence from Great Britain a matter of natural law resulting from specified grievances.
We shall see how principles espoused and established in this country in the 18th century guide American minds and mouths in the 21st Century.
We shall also see who comes to Mubarak's aide, and why.
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