Democracy Is Not An Instant Coffee.

The Globalization That Has Swept Away The Barriers To The Movement Of Goods, Ideas And People Has Also Swept With It Barriers That Confined And Localized Security Threats.

We Have No Functioning Parliament In Egypt And Months Ago Mohammed Morsi Assumed Legislative Functions. Now He's Decided That There Should Be No Opposition To The Laws That He Makes And That He Is Authorized To Pass Any National Security Measure. It Is Difficult To Be More Absolutist Than That. And The Constitutional Convention - What A Sad Gathering; It Threatens To Send Us Back To The Darkest Period Of The Middle Ages.

I Still Believe That Any Country Understands That If They Use Nuclear Weapons, They Will Be Wiped Out Of Existence. They Could Be Irrational In Many Ways, But I Don't Think They're Irrational To The Point That They're Ready To Annihilate Their Own Country.

I Grew Up In A Conservative Household. That Was The Life Of The Time In Egypt: A Conservative, Middle-class Household.

The Egyptians Have Grown In Confidence, Theyve Tasted Freedom, And Theres No Way Back.