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July 4, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-people-power-rises-again/2013/07/03/b99c01d0-e360-11e2-a11e-c2ea876a8f30_story.html

People Power Rises Again

(Washington Post) David Ignatius - This new wave of activism in the Middle East isn't pro- or anti-American. It's a movement of empowered citizens who don't want the old secular dictatorships of Hosni Mubarak's era, and don't want a new Islamic authoritarianism, either. This week showed there is still a popular movement for democratic change that resists dictation from anyone. For U.S. officials, recent events are a reminder that the Middle East is still in the early stages of a long-running process of transformation. Morsi's election in 2012 offered the Muslim Brotherhood a chance to show that it could govern Egypt effectively. It has flunked the test.

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