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Comrade Grumpy

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15. No doubt there are significant numbers of people unhappy with Morsi's moves.

Reply to pampango (Reply #14)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 12:39 PM

Dec 2012

And in a perfect world, Cairo would be as progressive and liberal as the DC suburbs. But Cairo ain't the DC suburbs--it's the capital city of of an ancient civilization that has been an Islamic society for more than a thousand years. I expect there to be an Islamic democracy, with all the inherent contradictions.

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