you write in the book about how there s a tension, i think an interesting thing to wrestle with, between when you call yourself a liberal zionist. a tension between the two ideas, it gross out of a seed bed of continental nationalism, and at the same time, liberalism is fundamentally universalistic in its vision. how do you resolve that tension? i, but i argue that there are tensions, there can be tension between two valid principles, you can have tension between national security and civil liberties, environmental protection and economic development. i believe there s a tension between a state that is designated to safeguard the jewish people and a state that offers whose declaration of independence promises complete equality. i believe given jewish history, that in fact jews do have a right and need for a state dedicated to their protection. i m young enough to remember when it was only the state of israel who was wé pájjt to go ad scoop up the ethiopian jews that
government in somalia, piracy will flourish. we ll keep watching. jeffrey, come back soon. thank you. we ll be right back. these are going to be very difficult transitions because there isn t a natural seed bed in which it will be easy to quickly fertilize and grow democracy. [ male announcer ] surprisingly priced at $15,995, the 2011 jetta has arrived. discover german engineering and premium style on the jetta s
transitions. there isn t a natural seed bed in which it will be easy to quickly fertilize and grow democracy. if you were to put on your old political consultant hat and tell the egyptian democrats what they should do, would they face an army that wants to retain power, anxiety about the muslim brotherhood? how do they make their way? i certainly think they need to understand they have as big a problem outside egypt as inside egypt and they have to show everybody that a democratic pluralist egypt will be a richer, more prosperous country, too, and they can marshall people behind the idea of an unshackled, higher rate of growth in a freer society then, like herding cats, hopefully they can get everybody to the finishing line of not just elections but successful government thereafter. so that s the optimism of the unfinished global revolution.
cases than less, the opposition has been locked up whenever it s made any kind of descent. so these are going to be very, very difficult transitions because there isn t a natural seed bed in which it will be easy to quickly fertilize and grow democracy. if you were to put on your old political consultant hat and tell the egyptian democrats what they should do, if they face an army that clearly wants to retain power, they face anxieties about the muslim brotherhood, how do they make their way? i certainly think they need to understand that they ve got as big a problem outside egypt as inside egypt. they have to show everybody that a democratic pluralist egypt is going to be a richer, more prosperous country, too. if they can kind of marshal people in that idea of a higher growth in a freer society, like hurting cats, hopefully they can
i covered the story a few weeks back where four americans were yachting across the indian ocean were hijacked by pirates, the u.s. navy surrounded them and the pirates killed all four hostages. i have a fear it will get worse. until there is a stable government in somalia, piracy will flourish. we ll keep watching. jeffrey, come back soon. thank you. we ll be right back. these are going to be very difficult transitions because there isn t a natural seed bed in which it will be easy to quickly fertilize and grow democracy. we could ve gone a more traditional route. . but it wouldn t have been nearly as memorable.