Tuesday, February 08, 2011

The chief of the secret police, as a democrat

"A week after the Obama administration demanded a swift transition to a post-Mubarak era, it has dampened the sense of urgency and aligned itself with power-brokers such as new Vice President Omar Suleiman, who are urging a more stable, if much slower, move to real democracy."  Who wrote this? Suleiman himself told ABC News that Egypt is not ready for democracy and yet this article is ascribing to him what he himself does not ascribe to himself.