Wither, whither, the Bush Doctrine in Egypt? [AV]

How has the march toward democracy been faring in Egypt?

Writing in the Baltimore Sun, Jeffrey Azarva offers a cold, sobering update.

But just nine months after Mr. Mubarak won his fourth term, he ended the Egyptian government's experiment with democracy. When he arrested [opposition politician Ayman] Nour, the U.S. ambassador in Cairo, Francis J. Ricciardone, declined to comment. Mr. Mubarak saw a green light to accelerate his crackdown.

You can follow day-to-day updates in Egypt at the Egypt Monitor.

One of the better dailies in Egypt is the Arabic-language Al Masry Al Youm, published by Hesham Kasem, whose other hat is president of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights.

Joshua Muravchik has recently written about the plight of Ayman Nour in the Wall Street Journal.

Comments

[Dan]

And yet America still gives lots of American taxpayer's dollars to Egypt. Time to rethink that aid perhaps?