Theodore Roosevelt (Library of Congress Image)
“It turns out societal fault lines, interpersonal rivalries, and long suppressed power centers do not move at Internet speeds,” Sarwar Kashmeri observes in a new article in the Huffington Post commemorating the first anniversary of Egypt’s uprisings. Americans and local revolutionaries must be patient about the revolution’s transition to governance in Egypt. In fact, Kashmeri implores, Egyptians must follow President Theodore Roosevelt’s advice, delivered almost exactly 100 years ago in Cairo at a similar moment of radical transition. The former president warned that it takes generations for a nation to successfully self-govern. Americans should also head these words, when impatience about the pace and nature of reforms influences decisions on aid and diplomacy, Kashmeri advises.
Read “In Egypt Follow the Advice of President Theodore Roosevelt,” here.
