Following the news in Egypt, I had no idea things there were so bad over there: the economy, the lack of freedom, Hosni Mubarak’s iron fist. I feel like the typical uninformed, ego-centric Ugly American. I need to pay more attention to international news. I used to listen to BBC World Radio before bedtime every night, but got out of the habit. It was a good source of news; they cover a lot of stuff that never makes it onto the US networks.
Mubarak? Another classic case of “He’s a bastard, but he’s our bastard.” OK, so he made peace with Israel. He’s milked that long enough. Time to cut our losses, I think. And he’d better not end up here, lest we get into another Shah of Iran situation.
Hoping for a peaceful resolution, a la Czechoslovakia and not a replay of Hungary 1956.
I went to school with an Egyptian guy and later worked with a couple from Cairo. I’ve lost touch with all of them, but have been thinking about them a lot lately and hope they are all right.
