Monday, January 31, 2011

Egyptians: Changing Clothes or Just Changing Gloves?

“We’re supporting El Baradei to lead the path to change,” Mr. Beltagui said as he joined him in Liberation Square. “The Brotherhood realizes the sensitivities, especially in the West, towards the Islamists, and we’re not keen to be at the forefront.”

So says the Muslim Brotherhood in a N.Y. Times piece sure to bring obvious counterpoint to those pontificating about the glories of Twitter Revolutions and the idea that revolution in itself harbors change for the better. Sometimes it's just changing the velvet glove on the iron fist.

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