Exactly sir!!! You make my point. As the above quotation shows, a few months ago Steyn was predicting that elections would bring "liberty" to the Middle East. Since this, his predictions have been proven wrong in Egypt (Muslim Brotherhood) victories and now with Hamas. Do you think he'll admit it?
It is way too soon to pronounce the death of self-rule in the M.E. -- mere seconds after its birth. Everyone knows that elections don't magically and instantly create a free society. Arabs are looking inward at democratic changes and there is turmoil and instability. Good. There's free freakin' press in Iraq! Meanwhile, enemies (and ultimate victims) of this wave are still in power, still at work, you know. Steyn didn't pronounce anything "over".