Seems to me that I am getting a headache from the endless repetition of the topic in the media. It become so trite that more astute editors succeeded to express two polar opinions in a single article. Check out this headline from WaPo:
It's a roll of the dice, creating a fully democratic Egypt where the Muslim Brotherhood could become a dominant force.I have an idea: why don't we all just wait and see?
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David Ignatius is a close friend of Zbigniew Brzezinski and his positions usually reflect the latter's worldview which we all know. Whenever I read anything he says, I bear that in mind and then his opinion makes better, if not perfect, sense.
And here is another client of Zbig making soothing sounds:
<span>"I think the Muslim Brotherhood is not anything to be afraid of in the upcoming (Egyptian) political situation and the evolution I see as most likely. They will be subsumed in the overwhelming demonstration of desire for freedom and true democracy," Carter told 1,000 people packed into the LBJ Library in Austin."</span>
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/02/jimmy_carter_not_concerned_abo.html
Oh, OK, fine. But my point was that Ignatius, whoever is his friend, is very careful and doesn't care to commit to a prediction. Unlike that unnamed WaPo on-line editor who created that ridiculous headline.
Now, when Jimmuh expressed his opinion, I am starting to be real afraid. After all we know his predictive powers ;)
It's a roll of the dice, creating a fully democratic Egypt where the Muslim Brotherhood could become a dominant force.
I wish people would write more precisely. Nobody is going to "create a fully democratic Egypt," and if they did, the MB would not be a "dominant force" by definition. The government could become more representative, less oppressive, less corrupt, that sort of thing, but there isn't some magic "full democracy" faucet that could be turned on. Perhaps Ignatius simply means holding an election.
True, but I doubt the value of looking for precision in a newspaper.
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