Egypt turns quietly to Asia

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Egypt turns quietly to Asia Mar 2, 2013 7:27:55 GMT -8

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Post by peterd on Mar 2, 2013 7:27:55 GMT -8

Egyptians recently marked the second anniversary of the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. Meanwhile, a bitter contest for the future character of Egyptian political life continues apace. The Egyptian political scene is rife with fault lines defined by Islamist, secular, liberal, and leftist currents and an emboldened population determined to have its voice heard.

www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-02-280213.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