I woke up this morning to celebrations in Egypt because President Mubarak had bent to the will of the people and stepped aside. The military is now in charge and promising to work to install a new government. The question remains – what kind of government but that doesn’t mean it isn’t cause for celebration. We are seeing a largely peaceful transition of power in the Middle East.
I know Democracy comes in many styles and freedom depends on one’s interpretation but I can’t help but feel this is a good sign for a lot of countries that have Dictators posing as “Presidents” and pretend to have elections every few years to keep the international community off their doorsteps.
This morning watching the news I thought about this song and started looking for it to post.
To the Egyptian people – this was the easy part. The hard part is on the way. Hopefully you can put together the pieces and form a real republic cause to be more than a little cliche the times they are a-changing.
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