No one can blame Middle Easterns for desiring freedom and elections. But I am not so sure the people, on a whole, are ready for the responsibilities which go with that. Nor that the next leadership won’t bring the same or worse than they have known already.
Reminds me of people who get divorced....all the turmoil and no plans ahead, all trying to retain what’s perceived as theirs. Then when it passes they realize the costs...and the question..Now What? Amazingly they begin looking for a replacement to the very thing they just walked away from, but with all the strings from their former life....alimony, support, wealth lost, and the wake up call they are less “attractive” with all the baggage than before....Reality check!
That’s what Stephen Covey says for sure. Good analogy.
I took a class from Russell Kirk years ago. He often quoted a friend as saying something to the effect of “The U.S. Constitution isn’t for export.” Our founding fathers came from a society where they had certain rights guaranteed. It was natural for them to organize their new country with similar freedoms. The people of the middle east (with the exception of Israel) do not share that history. They need to find their own way of self-governance. That it will happen any day soon is certainly complicated by the well-organized Islamic (i.e. evil) influence.