So where are the voices in the West and the U.S. that rhapsodized about the Arab Spring? You remember the Arab Spring? The rule of law, human rights, and democracy were a-coming to the Middle East. Why, it was 1967 all over again -- the Summer of Love. Those rascally and brutal dictators, Mubarak and Gaddafi, were deposed in favor of peace-loving, democratic Muslim fundamentalists. What all witnessed on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11 was, indeed, democracy Middle East-style. Some of us would call it "mobacracy," but the word is so... well, inflammatory... so unsettling. President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton would surely disapprove. Tough. What a mob of dedicated Muslims (who may have been coordinated) did in Libya was brutally murder the U.S. Ambassador, Christopher Stevens, and three American aides. This after storming the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Stevens had worked to help transition Libya from Gaddafi's iron-fisted rule to democracy. So much for the rabble's gratitude. So much for the Libyan government protecting its benefactors. ....
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