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U.S. Can Influence Outcome in Egypt
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Bye, Bye Mubarak
Maureen Dowd, New York Times
WASHINGTON If only W. had waited for Twitter. And Facebook. And WikiLeaks. Revolutionary tools all, like the fax machine in the Soviet Union. The ire in Tahrir Square is full of ironies, not the least of which is the American president who inspired such hope in the Middle East with his Cairo speech calling around this week to leaders in the region to stanch the uncontrolled surge of democracy in the Arab world. Egyptians rose up at the greatest irony of all: Cleopatra’s Egypt was modern in ancient times and Mubarak’s was ancient in modern…
U.S. Must Not Repeat Carter’s Mistakes
Geoffrey Wawro, The Daily Beast
So far the Obama administration seems to be getting it right on Egypt. The president has called for an “orderly transition,” and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned there must not be “a takeover that would lead to oppression,” a clear reference to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.More than just the right words will be needed. The Obama team should be looking closely at Washington’s awful mismanagement of the Iranian revolution of 1978-79 to make sure they do not repeat the errors of the Carter administration.
