The Bush approach to Egypt in the mid 2000s was certainly no panacea. Massive financial and military aid continued to flow alongside it, while not all the pro democracy pushes worked. But it did have elements that were beginning to bear fruit. Obama’s new approach may ingratiate him with Arab regimes, but will do little to incite sustainable change in a region when dictators still get what they want, without having to make any concessions.
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/06/obamaincairodaremoredemocracy/
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