The opposition in Egypt has decided oppose openly the referendum on the new constitution. The decision sets up a real confrontation which will likely be violent. Referenda held during violent demonstrations are very difficult to interpret, which often leads to greater violence. It would have been far better to have deferred the vote for a short period of time.
The US is scrambling for some traction within the Syrian opposition movement. It has selected some groups within the opposition to support and designated other faction as terrorist organizations. Fine-tuning support within a very disorganized group is likely a bootless task–I am not sure that any of the groups really cares who is on what list. One could begin to describe Obama’s policy toward Syria as feckless.
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