pls don’t minimize the egyptian revolution. try to mobilize 20 million people to come out in the streets for 18 days and remove a cruel and powerful tyrant from office peacefully, then tell me about it.
i’m so tired of all the skepticism. of course, it’s not over yet – it’s just the beginning. egyptians are not prepared to go home and watch soap operas while suleiman assumes the role of mubarak II. i don’t think they would have come this far if that had been their MO.
this is a seminal moment in history. for egyptians and tunisians, for arabs, for the middle east, for client states, for people who are treated with contempt by their own rulers and elite, for people who have been told that they don’t count, for people who have come to believe that they are helpless and weak, for populations that have been labeled apathetic and not deserving of democracy, for all of us who yearn for justice and dignity and some voice in the unfolding of our own destiny. today is a great day for all of us. yes, the road ahead is always hard, but today we deserve to celebrate with and for the people of egypt. period.
