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       Editor and prime reporter is Doug Terry, a veteran television and radio reporter in   Washington, DC, (details below)

A PERSONAL COMMENT ON THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION

       In all the annals of human history, the time of revolution is one of the most hopeful and joyous, and also one filled with the greatest peril. I, for one, have some faith in the young men who insisted that this movement happen, who have tried to guide it and who were willing to give their lives to see this day. In truth, if I could have been satisfied that their cause was not only just (it is that from all appearances) and that what would follow would represent true progress, I would have been willing to risk dying with them, even though Egypt is is not my home and not my nation. Am I a fool, you ask? There is no cause better than human freedom. And there is no moment more worthy of admiration than when oppression is cast away with the hope that it will be forever.

       As human beings with minds, social patterns, obligations and limited time for study and reflection, we are all oppressed by some circumstances in life in some way, but this is different. The oppression of an insufferable, torturing, lawless and economically unjust state is one that weighs on the heart and mind daily and eternally and cannot be escaped.

       Now, we should look to our own government to move away from the mistakes of the past in its dealings with Egypt and to offer support for the possibility of a democratic, more liberal future. The time ahead is certain to be difficult, for this is yet only the beginning. 2.11.11 (:1:50PM)

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