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2015-06-17 Africa North

Analysis: Morsi death sentence blow to dream of 'Egyptian renaissance'

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Posted by Fred 2015-06-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 Whereas Morsi's action in office weren't a blow?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-06-17 02:20|| 2015-06-17 02:20|| Front Page Top

#2 If by Renaissance you mean the 12th century.

Posted by Muggsy Crairong2940 2015-06-17 07:16|| 2015-06-17 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 ..in their case the 9th Century.

You need a sizable middle class to make a case for democracy. Otherwise, it's just another academic fantasy. That's why the neo-Marxists are trying to destroy the one here.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-06-17 08:37|| 2015-06-17 08:37|| Front Page Top

#4 "Yawn"
Wake me after he's dead.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-06-17 08:39|| 2015-06-17 08:39|| Front Page Top

#5 With that logic if Hitler had been caught and, after due trial, hanged, it would have been "a blow to dream of Egyptian reenaissance".

Posted by JFM 2015-06-17 08:44|| 2015-06-17 08:44|| Front Page Top

#6 I suspect most Egyptians are more interested in "survival" than "renaissance".

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-06-17 14:49|| 2015-06-17 14:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Obama Has Remorse for Morsi [LINK] Yeah, I'm shocked too. /sarc

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-06-17 19:58|| 2015-06-17 19:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Given that the Egyptian justice system entirely retries the case at two levels of appeals courts, which will take several years, and given that during those appeals rounds almost all sentences are reduced, the wailing and breast beating seem a tad premature.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-06-17 21:41|| 2015-06-17 21:41|| Front Page Top

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