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2003-May-27 ![[this day]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/images/dailyLinkIcon.gif)
The transition from tyranny to liberty is always difficult
Donald Rumsfeld (WSJ):
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No nation that has made the transition from tyranny to a free society has been immune to the difficulties and challenges of taking that path--not even our own. The years after our war of independence involved a good deal of chaos and confusion. There were uprisings such as Shays' Rebellion, with mobs attacking courthouses and government buildings. There was rampant inflation caused by the lack of a stable currency and the issue of competing paper monies by the various states. There were regional tensions between mercantile New England and the agrarian south. There was looting and crime and a lack of an organized police force. There were supporters of the former regime whose fate had to be determined. Our first effort at a governing charter--the Articles of Confederation--failed miserably, and it took eight years of contentious debate before we finally adopted our Constitution and inaugurated our first president. And, unlike the people of Iraq, we did not face the added challenge of recovering from the trauma of decades of brutal rule by a dictator like Saddam Hussein. The point is this: It is now just seven weeks since Iraq's liberation--and the challenges are there. As Thomas Jefferson put it,we are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.It took time and patience, but eventually our Founders got it right--and we hope so will the people of Iraq--over time.