A Revolutionary Week in the Mideast

A Revolutionary Week in the Mideast

There is much more to come, which will clip the wings of Islamists and generals, but also of populist radicals and street dreamers alike. And if some post-modern intellectual carpetbaggers from Washington and London join the fray and try to shape the new Arab systems in their own image, or for the benefit of the strategic interests of their corporations or their partners in Israel and Micronesia, they, too, will experience the pushback and the negotiated centrist deal that is the ultimate gift of democratic pluralism.

This has been a pretty good week in Tunisia and Egypt, where the real democratic revolutions are just starting.

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