Submission punctured
"Mr. Mubarak put the word out that he would serve two six-year terms and
be gone. But the appetite grew with the eating. The humble officer would
undergo a transformation. A presidency-for-life announced itself. And
in an astounding change, where Nasser and Sadat feared the will and the
changing moods of their countrymen, Mr. Mubarak grew imperious and
dismissive."
Read the rest of Fouad Ajami's profile of Hosni Mubarak at The Wall Street Journal.
Read the rest of Fouad Ajami's profile of Hosni Mubarak at The Wall Street Journal.
First Tunisia, then Egypt - now rumblings in Yemen, Syria, Algiers, Sudan...I wonder...is this the "domino theory" that was pushed on us during the 50s and 60's? Ideologically incorrect and geographically off the mark but...
You know me and politics - this one just jumped out at me...
- Jeff
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The people WILL be heard.
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I heard a commentator comparing Chicago politics to Egypt. His theory was that we're only a missed entitlement check payment from this in the U.S. I'd like to think that our collective ideological perspective keeps us very far away from this, but I could be wrong.
They're asking their troops to turn on their own people, they've got an Internet kill switch, and other things that our own government wants. That's frightening. Why does our government want these things, but they don't want any other government to have these abilities?
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Sounds more like Greece - one missing entitlement check.
They can have my keyboard when the pry it from my cold dead hand.
KJH
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