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comment by Grendel
Grendel  ·  3421 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Egypt two years on from revolution

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Egypt currently ruled by an army general who imprisons and kills political opponents and journalists? It's funny how Egypt used to be in the news every day when Mubarak was still in power, and now it's pretty much disappeared.





bigthommoladd  ·  3420 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, and that's the whole issue - Mubarak was corrupt and authoritarian, Morsi was moving the country towards religious, but Al-Sisi is basically a fascist - there haven't been any reasonable options in years, and depending on perspective it's getting either worse or marginally better.