We are so transfixed by the protestors in Egypt essentially because (at least so far) they are a nonviolent movement. Those young students take their philosophical underpinnings from the likes of Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and the velvet revolutions of Europe.
This is a philosophical focus we must encourage; it is a movement we must forcefully endorse. If we don't, this anti Queda, non Islamist movement will devolve into something nasty and it will further diminish our influence in the region.
If the protestors in Cairo can prevail, that will go a long way toward validating democratic ideals. And those ideals may spread beyond the Arab world all the way to Tehran. Our choice is between the ossified and the ascendant. We ought to choose wisely and promptly.
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This reader, for one, presumes that when you say "Those young students take their philosophical underpinnings from the likes of Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and the velvet revolutions of Europe", you have some first hand knowledge that in fact your assertion is correct. Or is it merely wishful thinking on your part? And no, our only choice is not simply "between the ossified and the ascendant".
And you would say what? They are Marxists or Islamists? It's curious that someone that has such a strong opinion -- though I'm not sure what that is -- would post anonymously.Speak up, man, but identify yourself.
All the way to the Persian entity? Let's hope so.
To the first anonymous poster - it's an opinion blog, it says so right on the top. They're expressing an opinion.
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