A Couple Quick Thoughts
I guess you may have noticed that I have been keeping to myself lately. I just haven’t felt the urge to write anything, that is until this evening. Like everyone else, I have been watching the events unfold half way across the globe in Egypt. I really haven’t had much to say about it until I heard a couple things on NBC Nightly News tonight.
The first thing I would like to discuss is a comment Barack Obama made in a speech delivered in Wisconsin. Mr. Obama stated, “But what is absolutely clear is that we are witnessing history unfold. It’s a moment of transformation that’s taking place because the people of Egypt are calling for change.”
“Just listen to that roar,” urged a CNN correspondent in Egypt, as thousands of Egyptian protesters charged, fists pumped, against hundreds of armed Egyptian security forces. What a roar it was, indeed. The protests have shown the world that Arabs are capable of much more than merely being pitiable statistics of unemployment and illiteracy, or powerless subjects of ‘moderate’ but ‘strong’ leaders (an acronym for friendly dictators). 
“Tis a terrible thing to witness the death of an old friend, body riddled with disease, emaciated, disfigured and racked by convulsions, his youthful energy and happy disposition a far distant memory. One wishes for a merciful death and yet one holds out hope that somehow your old friend will miraculously be healed and restored to good health, even though you know in your heart that death has him firmly in its grip.”
