We have repeatedly heard from protesting Egyptians that their uprising is pure internal phenomenon and it has aimed at intrinsically Egyptian upheaval. It was said to refute any incitement, any external conspiracy. However the implications for the Arab world are being unfolded in our eyes right at the moment. The rigor and stubbornness of Egyptian youth have posed a query that used to rise time and again: does morality work in the policy?
The western media has articulated a concern: does supporting dictatorship for the sake of western interest comply with democracy values professed?
Citizens in Italy have questioned, if good management justifies divergence from morality in leadership? At first glance the story of Silvio Berlusconi with under-aged “Ruby Heartbreaker” seems having no relation to the morality and human respect cry sounded in Near East. However symbolic intersection is that Berlusconi is said to have told to Morocco originated young dancer that she was the grand-daughter of Egypt’s now deposed president Hosni Mubarak to ‘justify the resources’ he would make available to her. (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/855759-karima-el-mahroug-silvio-berlusconi-knew-i-was-a-minor)
Shall we see that such a strive to morality might bring to radical shifts in policy making principles towards Middle East and elsewhere?
Canadian Edmonton Journal which has spread the point of morality and dictatorships exclaimed: Do the events in Egypt have the potential to reset the world's moral compass? (http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Egypt+could+reset+world+moral+compass/4292016/story.html)
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