Egypt Isn't Ours to "Lose" February 1, 2011

by Will

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

February 1, 2011

As hundreds of thousands throng the streets of Cairo demanding an end to Hosni Mubarak?s rule, media pundits in America are earnestly discussing the question, ?Who lost Egypt?? That question assumes that Egypt would somehow be lost without the guidance of the brutal U.S.- supported dictator presently ruling that country. It also assumes that Egypt is somehow ours to lose in the first place.

Many worry that Mubarak may be replaced by a regime hostile to the United States. Owing to decades of unwise and unconstitutional meddling by Washington, this is a legitimate possibility. Further intervention would make that outcome more, rather than less, likely.

There are also concerns that the fall of Mubarak would have negative consequences for the Israeli government. This may be true, but the government in Washington has no moral or constitutional mandate to defend the interests of any foreign government, including the one in Israel.

As our Founders recognized, America is neither authorized nor qualified to run the world.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.

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