Egypt and Arab States circle toilet bowl

[Uday]

Originally Posted by Fair&Balanced

I would bet that a more democratic government that emerges in Egypt will disagree with you.

There is no shame in taking assistance as one is in the early stages of development.

Of course they will disagree with me. Have you ever seen a politician turn down funding?

And Egypt is not exactly in the early stages of development. We are very experienced in changing governments.

[Fair&Balanced]

Originally Posted by Uday

Of course they will disagree with me. Have you ever seen a politician turn down funding?

And Egypt is not exactly in the early stages of development. We are very experienced in changing governments.

Thirty years is a long time between changing governments. Am I not correct in saying that majority of Egyptians (those under 30) have never known or experienced democracy in their lifetime.

[Uday]

Originally Posted by Fair&Balanced

Thirty years is a long time between changing governments. Am I not correct in saying that majority of Egyptians (those under 30) have never known or experienced democracy in their lifetime.

You would be more correct in saying that no living Egyptians have experienced actual democracy as you understand it.

And there's very little chance they will. Egypt is far more factionalised (spelling?) than America. We do not play well together.

This is no reason not to try, of course. But Egypt typically moves to something that more closely resembles a monarchy.