Egypt's Spring Revolution (2011-2013)
Via Eric Trager at The Atlantic:
Scenes From Egypt's Would-Be Revolution
Quote:
CAIRO, Egypt -- It is too soon to know whether the stunning demonstrations that have rocked Egypt today, with tens of thousands of protesters descending on cities throughout the country and overtaking Cairo's central square in an effort to reproduce Tunisia's recent uprising, will succeed in forcing change. But a telling comment came just after cannons, shooting gas-infused water, dispersed crowds along one major Cairo thoroughfare, when a man turned to me and said, "We want a revolution. We don't want Hosni Mubarak."
That man was a police captain.
Bob's World may get his fondest wish...
LINK.
If the article at the link is correct. Shades of Kermit Roosevelt... :D
As my Mother said, be careful what you wish for -- you may get it. We'll see how this works out for us -- and them...