Hablo Democracy?

Looking at the Obama Administration stumbling around trying to find its voice on the rapidly unfolding events in the Middle East, I think that they have forgotten how to speak democracy. The founders of this country did not suffer from this disability. Consider the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

This is language that gets people excited. Applying it to the situation in Libya, which side should the U.S. support? Not a tough call, is it?

We need to support pro-democratic elements and encourage them to support each other against Kaddafi and the jihadist tyrants. Iraq, as an example, is not perfect, but they are starting to figure it out. The message of the Declaration of Independence is a clarion call to the oppressed people of the world. Maybe it's time our government learns how to speak democracy again.