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2013-08-07 Africa North

Five Lessons from Egypt and the Arab Spring

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-08-07 04:39|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Democracy in the Middle East is just another means of political change. It's not any different than mob action, a coup or an invasion. It's just a way that one government replaces another.
No different than anywhere else.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-08-07 07:40|| 2013-08-07 07:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Not only does no one there mean what they say, but they don't even know that they don't mean it

I think it was T.E. Lawrence who first commented on the Arab mind's astonishing capability to hold two opposing thoughts as equally true, at the same time.

Posted by Pappy 2013-08-07 11:36|| 2013-08-07 11:36|| Front Page Top

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