Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Revolution Co-opted

Euphoria Turns to Discontent as Egypt’s Revolution Stalls - NYTimes.com

the Egyptian people trusted the army to protect them and so it did. The trust that the army would allow radical change in government was misplaced. Armies are bastions of tradition and represent the physical power of the government under which they operate. To have expected any other result was unrealistic.

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