A coup d'état (or putsch, or pronunciamiento), the sudden seizure of governmental power by a small group, is almost invariably a detestable event. Typically a military event, as they have the resources to carry this out effectively, they are often associated with the overthrow of a popular democratic government by a military associated with an
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I don't think Egypt's internal problems are insurmountable, although they will be difficult. One of the real difficulties is - rather like the Eastern European conservatives after the fall of communism - that after decades of suppression the Muslim Brotherhood has to realise that they just can't have it all.
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That makes me feel such the slacker :-/
But ditto the sentiments, great post !
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I'm just a hyperactive B+ grade polymath with a penchant for collecting stiff pieces of cardboard.....
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One of the very important components of the Arab Spring has been the access to Internet technologies by the youth, and their ability to communicate with people from other countries which has allowed them to do a compare-and-contrast.
Great write-up indeed.
Now that's two people who have said this! There's a few spelling and grammar mistakes, but I'm fixing those as I notice them. I wrote it all in twelve hours in between running a Linux workshop :)
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Fortunately, unlike Egypt: no bloodshed in our case.
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The problem with Egypt is that the government tried to become an elected dictatorship. I am not sure whether that's been done before (excepting the strong-armed seizures of power in East Europe in the late 1940s).
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That has to be the best summation I have read, thank you!!!!
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