The End of the Arab Spring?

[SAYIT]

With the end of the Syrian uprising as a populist movement and the almost certain election of another former military guy in Egypt, it seems the hoped for gains of the Arab Spring for Arab people are gradually fading away. To their credit the Egyptians quickly realized the Muslim Bro-hood was not the way to go. The links below are to Mark Lilla's lengthy essay (gleaned from his book) which explains how liberal democracy was born of "a unique theological-political crisis within Christendom" and the other to a short review of Lilla's essay. It seems nothing short of an Islamic reformation - one which allows for real cultural change - can offer these people any chance for a peaceful, prosperous future. We in the West can only watch and wish them well. As the review summarizes: "Separating church and state works; mixing them tends toward disaster."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/m...the%2520political%2520and%2520the%2520divine/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/b...the%2520political%2520and%2520the%2520divine/

 

[Roudy]

With the end of the Syrian uprising as a populist movement and the almost certain election of another former military guy in Egypt, it seems the hoped for gains of the Arab Spring for Arab people are gradually fading away. To their credit the Egyptians quickly realized the Muslim Bro-hood was not the way to go. The links below are to Mark Lilla's lengthy essay (gleaned from his book) which explains how liberal democracy was born of "a unique theological-political crisis within Christendom" and the other to a short review of Lilla's essay. It seems nothing short of an Islamic reformation - one which allows for real cultural change - can offer these people any chance for a peaceful, prosperous future. We in the West can only watch and wish them well. As the review summarizes: "Separating church and state works; mixing them tends toward disaster."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/m...the%2520political%2520and%2520the%2520divine/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/b...the%2520political%2520and%2520the%2520divine/

Looks like the Arab Spring, just like Obamacare, is in the ICU on life support.

 

[SAYIT]

With the end of the Syrian uprising as a populist movement and the almost certain election of another former military guy in Egypt, it seems the hoped for gains of the Arab Spring for Arab people are gradually fading away. To their credit the Egyptians quickly realized the Muslim Bro-hood was not the way to go. The links below are to Mark Lilla's lengthy essay (gleaned from his book) which explains how liberal democracy was born of "a unique theological-political crisis within Christendom" and the other to a short review of Lilla's essay. It seems nothing short of an Islamic reformation - one which allows for real cultural change - can offer these people any chance for a peaceful, prosperous future. We in the West can only watch and wish them well. As the review summarizes: "Separating church and state works; mixing them tends toward disaster."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/m...the%2520political%2520and%2520the%2520divine/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/b...the%2520political%2520and%2520the%2520divine/

Looks like the Arab Spring, just like Obamacare, is in the ICU on life support.

The diff being: Obamacare doesn't have nukes.