Egypt: Democracy Needed

Fire of Liberty

Here's another reason why the status quo can't continue in places like Egypt. I think that after some fifty years under authoritarian one party rule under strong-men like Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak, the Egyptian have earned a right to practice democracy. Though the various folks in Mubarak's government and folks at the Bureau of Near-Eastern Affairs at the State Department will argue that democracy will open the door to the Muslim Brotherhood. Luckily people like Dr. Rice and President Bush realize that the desire to live in freedom is far more powerful than the intolerant Muslim Brotherhood.