March 06, 2006

Totten in Egypt

Michael Totten continues his tour through the Middle East:
To those who are easily and perhaps willingly fooled, Egypt’s ruler Hosni Mubarak appeared to cry “uncle!” after sustained U.S. pressure to open up his one-party state and hold real elections. But the reforms are a farce -- and hailing his just-kidding charade as a sign of progress in the Middle East is both naïve and reckless.
Read the rest at TCS.