tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post4559801826159420707..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Egypt Emergency Extended: But a Kinder, Gentler Emergency?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-5960444543022046112010-05-12T17:01:12.263-04:002010-05-12T17:01:12.263-04:00Lead editorial in Washington Post was hyper-critic...Lead editorial in Washington Post was hyper-critical of Mubarak and, by implication, of the Obama Administration. The title tells it all: "Will the Obama Administration enable more of Hosni Mubarak's autocracy?" This is typical of the combined neo-Con and neo-Wilsonian approach of WaPo. Surely those Wogs in Cairo will hop if we say jump. After all, it's in their best interest. (This worked so well when George W. Bush declared himself to be a revolutionary colleague of Sa'ad ad-Din Ibrahim.} Deputy Editor of the WaPo editorial page, Jackson Diehl, is always free to opine in this manner. For the full text, if you are interested:<br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/11/AR2010051104204.htmlDavid Macknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-56190385292319425832010-05-12T10:48:47.528-04:002010-05-12T10:48:47.528-04:00Agree with almost everything you say here. We do ...Agree with almost everything you say here. We do expect more from Egypt, and Egyptians, including Mubarak, should take pride in that.David Macknoreply@blogger.com