Somalia is not lacking in authority, it has too much, albeit local. Warlords running various territories with iron hands and violence is not the lack of authority.
And regarding the line from the Declaration, I know you understand that it says that governments are instituted "at the consent of the governed."
You and I may not be in great disagreement on all this stuff. My problem with Rudy's statement is that he makes it sound like freedom is at the service of authority instead of the other way around. I'll be waiting to see if he clarifies the question.
There is no authority in Somalia, there is power by force.
That's not authority, that's oppression.
Authority is granted, not taken.