“They did it!” exulted Thomas The Elder Friedman after Mina George, Tarek Geddawy and their fellow Egyptians effected regime change in February. At bottom is the link to a not altogether rosy report on the current post-they-did-it situation the highlights of which are:
-Crime is a big problem: up 200%. Which follows because…
-The number of police officers is down: only 30% remain from pre-they-did-it levels, and they’re “underpaid and demoralized.” Which means…
- “Absent physical security, the prospects for sustained economic growth and consolidating the revolution’s democratic victories are bleak.”
-tourism down from pre-they-did-it levels
-unemployment up: 12%
- -4.2 economic “growth.”
-“Economic collapse” was averted in May only by $40 billion in aid from “the international community.”
Near the beginning of the article the author writes:
“While it might be tempting for Washington and the international community just to shovel more financial assistance at post-revolution Egypt
Public Occurrences would like to extend an invitation to this temptation to the People’s Republic of China
