Posted on 12/24/2012 12:17:01 AM PST by Olog-hai
It isnt every day that the world gets to watch the birth of a new constitutional democracy. As the political drama in the land of the Pharaohs unfolds, the Western commentariat seems totally focused on the extent to which Egypts new constitution will be informed by Sharia law. Alas, nary a peep can be heard about a far greater threat to Egypts freedom and prosperity.
The drafters of the new Egyptian constitution are blessed with having the history of two centuries of constitutional democracies to study. Evidence abounds on what works and what doesnt, of which economic policies lead to rapid growth and which to stagnation and bankruptcy. Yet with all this information at their fingertips, the Egyptian people appear set to go to the polls to endorse
socialism.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
As Egyptian officials prepare to send to trial 19 American democracy and rights workers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Cairo last week where she suggested Egyptian revolutionaries not use the U.S. Constitution as a model in the post-Arab Spring.Ginsburg is not only an oathbreaker but a traitor. The South African constitution reads like the USSRs constitution. Just like there are too many similarities between the new Egyptian constitution and the USSRs constitution.
I would not look to the U.S. Constitution, if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012, Ginsburg said in an interview on Al Hayat television last Wednesday. I might look at the constitution of South Africa. That was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, have an independent judiciary. It really is, I think, a great piece of work that was done.
Egypt will weaken its own economy in the name of Islam, then continually threaten Israel with words to negotiate increasing aid from the US. Same game as Arafat and Hamas have perfected over 30 years.
Now we see why democrats love Islam.
democrats = socialism
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