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Monday, July 16, 2012

The Arab Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year


Roger Kimball views the goings-on in Egypt and sees a bad hand being re-played.  A year ago the Muslim Brotherhood was the foundation of radical Islam, today they tell us they are “moderates.”  Oh yeah, there’s this.
The headline says it all: “Egyptian TV Airs Slow Beheading of Tunisian Muslim Who Converted to Christianity.
Hillary Clinton tries to ingratiate herself with the new boss of Egypt:     
Meanwhile, in other news, Hillary Clinton has been yucking it up with Egypt’s new President, Mohamed Morsi. The United States, quoth Clinton, “supports the full transition to civilian rule with all that entails.”
Where have we seen this before? 

On the basis of these talks, Chamberlain reported to the cabinet that Hitler’s aims were “strictly limited.” There was more, for apparently Hitler was no longer a lunatic but someone whose opinion was to be valued. . . .

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