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In Egypt the military junta appointed by Mubarak is walking a thin line. No doubt it does not believe in all this democracy and free speech stuff: it is as un-Egyptian as raising taxes or reducing corporate subsidies is un-American to some people in the USA. Marshal Tantawi keeps on grinning and, so far, playing the field with all sides. But the moment of truth is getting closer, when all Egyptians will have to decide. Still, Marshal Tantawi keeps on grinning his famous. Mubarak used to grin a lot before he became president; that was why he was known all over the Arab world as “la vache qui rit” (but maybe not in France). This does not suggest that the good Marshal could, maybe perhaps, be called “la vache qui rit 2”. No sir.
Cheers
mhg



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