The Middle East's newest strongman

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peterd
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The Middle East's newest strongman Aug 14, 2013 18:06:13 GMT -8

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Post by peterd on Aug 14, 2013 18:06:13 GMT -8

BERKELEY - Before an ultimatum to attack an anti-coup sit-in earlier this week, Egypt's new strongman and coup leader General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received one of his warmest endorsements ever - something that might have been torn right out of the steamy pages of the Arabian Nights.

www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-080813.html

THE TRENCHES.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives vaaliantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who