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Jewish World Review March 1, 2011 / 25 Adar I, 5771 Conservatives shouldn't be so surprised by freedom By Michael Gerson http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | It is the conservative critique of the freedom agenda that democratic transformations are hopeless or dangerous in societies lacking democratic cultures. The people of Iraq, George F. Will said in 2004, are "just three people away from democratic success. Unfortunately, the three are George Washington, James Madison and John Marshall." Middle Eastern tyrants, Peggy Noonan once argued, "have functioned in history as - ugly imagery coming - garbage-can lids on their societies. They keep freedom from entering, it is true. But when they are removed, the garbage - the freelance terrorists, the grievance merchants, the ethnic nationalists - pops out all over." The Arab winter of discontent provides evidence to assess the claim that Arab peoples are leaderless trash. It is true that few world-historic figures have emerged from these events. Mohamed ElBaradei and Amr Moussa will not be confused with Vaclav Havel or Nelson Mandela. Even Wael Ghonim - the Google guy - symbolizes a new type of decentralized, Web-based leadership rather than providing it himself. But a leaderless revolution is impressive in its own way. Whole nations have reached a critical mass of humiliation. Technology has provided both a comparison to more successful societies and a mechanism to collect and channel discontent. Politicians and opportunists of various stripes have struggled to keep up with a generational revolt. While the revolution is democratic in form, it may take a while to get the content right. Civic institutions in the Middle East - political parties, courts and electoral systems - are weak by the design of dictators. Democratic transitions can be difficult. Even Washington, Madison and Marshall presided over a democratic culture in which one in seven human beings was eventually owned by another - a contradiction resolved only by a civil war that left an estimated 6 million pounds of human and animal carcasses lying on a field near Gettysburg. I suspect that Arab transitions, whatever their difficulties, will be better than this. No good outcome is guaranteed. But two things have changed permanently in the Middle East. First, the people of that region now have heroes of reform who look exactly like themselves. They have seen Arab men and women impatient with injustice and capable of unsuspected greatness. With little help from outsiders - and no leadership from the United States - Arabs have demanded accountable government. Generations will recall these shining events, which serve the symbolic purpose of Bunker Hill. Second, every Arab ruler, from colonels to monarchs, now knows something new: fear. The political theory they have offered since Nasser - nationalism without freedom - has produced backward economies, corrupt elites and angry citizens. Leaders are waking to find themselves in a besieged palace or boarding a plane for exile. Even in the absence of a working democracy, this is a form of accountability. It is a good thing for a government to fear the governed. With exquisite timing, some conservatives have chosen this moment to expand their critique of Islam, discerning (like Glenn Beck) the first signs of the coming global caliphate. Is Islam compatible with democracy? "It is not," says Andrew McCarthy, "it never has been, and it never will be." Violence and coercion, he argues, are essential to Islam. The intensity of this view seems to increase as evidence for it is contradicted. Never mind that practitioners of every religion with roots in ancient and medieval cultural practice must confront and marginalize disturbing aspects of their own traditions. Never mind that Islam takes vastly different theological forms in Saudi Arabia, Albania, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Never mind that since Sept. 11, 2001, America has found Muslim allies willing to die at our side in the fight against Islamic radicalism. Just to demonstrate some connection to reality, perhaps conservatives should delay their criticisms of Islam's irredeemable violence until after the inspiring, courageous, mainly peaceful protests of Muslims in the Middle East draw to a close. For some conservatives, liberty is found only in their private stock, aged in Anglo-Saxon cellars, to be sipped and savored at their leisure. But much of the world, it turns out, is thirsty and cares little about the vintage. Perhaps it is natural for a revolutionary power to grow old and cautious, producing thinkers who prefer stability to idealism. But it is sad. Americans such as Lincoln, FDR and Reagan did not believe in the existence of permanent tyranny because they did not accept the possibility of permanent servitude. Eventually the mind and soul of man revolt. As some are perpetually surprised to witness. Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. Comment on Michael Gerson's column by clicking here. Previously: 02/22/11 The progression of pain 02/18/11 The seriousness primary 02/11/11 Do Egypt's protests mean American decline? 01/27/11 No-bend Obama 01/21/11 Two good arguments for civility -- and passion -- in politics 01/11/11 Obama's staff changes give him a second chance 01/11/11 Is Arizona shooting an empty search for meaning? 01/07/11 WikiLeaks gives dangerous ammunition to a tyrant 01/04/11 Michael Vick: Symbol of the second chance 12/28/10 Social Security reform is the answer to Obama's problems --- and the nation's 12/21/10 When foreign policy realism isn't realistic 12/17/10 When it comes to politics, Obama's ego keeps getting in the way 11/26/10 Libs resort to conspiracy theories to explain Obama's problems 11/19/10 With Holder at the helm, detainee policy is a disaster 11/12/10 Blue-state budget crises spell even more trouble for Dems 10/19/10 Obama the snob 10/12/10 Seeds of victory in Afghanistan 10/05/10 Believers' remorse 10/04/10 Pound-foolish on national security 09/28/10 Babylon on the Potomac 09/27/10 Our reluctant commander in chief 09/21/10 Blue strongholds are becoming Democratic graveyards 09/17/10 For the GOP, a bittersweet brew from the Tea Party 09/15/10: Insanity's great enablers 09/13/10: The lost communicator 09/08/10: Will 2010 midterms be 1994 all over again? 09/01/10: Obama's economic wandering 08/27/10: Miracles from abroad 08/25/10: Address these issues in order to strengthen the Tea Party 08/20/10: The lost promise of Barack Obama 07/23/10: Obama's greatest nightmare 02/04/09: The Reality of Innocence 01/07/09: The Risks in Obama's Ambitions 12/31/08: Support Obama Will Need 06/13/08: Prince Charles, Organic Conservatism Icon 06/11/08: No longer a bankrupt political joke but still overshadowed 04/23/08: McCain's anger management 04/10/08: A Country for Old Men 03/06/08: Does the America Need a Hug? 03/06/08: Obama's First 100 Days 02/29/08: Words Aren't Cheap 02/22/08: He Said, They Said 02/20/08: Dying silently in Zimbabwe 02/15/08: Hillary's Unappealing Path 02/13/08: NATO's Afghan Stumbles 02/08/08: Why McCain Endures 02/06/08: One surge that led to another 02/01/08: In North Korea, Process Over Progress 01/30/08: Compassionate to the end © 2008, WPWG

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