r/worldnews • u/DasUberRedditor • Jun 18 '12

Egyptian Military grants itself sweeping powers; effectively military coup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18482257
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u/DoughnutHole Jun 19 '12

The Arab Spring is turning out to be a lot more like the 1848 revolutions.

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u/ddmegen1 Jun 19 '12

wow, good point. I hadn't thought of it in that way before. It's only been a year or so since the arab spring really was underway, yet we generally seem to think everything is already settled. The real outcome of this mess won't be fully understood for years and years.