Editorial: Cairo protests: The west has a duty to nurture democracy - The Observer

The idealists see events in Egypt, following similar turmoil in Tunisia, as the revolutionary spring after a long authoritarian winter during which economic and political development in the Arab world was frozen. --- By contrast, the realpolitikers see events in Cairo as dangerous instability in a tricky part of the world where, crucially, radical Islam is a factor. -- Editorial: West has a duty to nurture democracy
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