The History this Weekend is in Egypt and Greece...
Some perspective here. I'm for every subject to be covered, and most of what's being discussed here is important. But the GD focus currently a touch on the parochial side.
Our brothers and sisters in Greece and Egypt are the ones on the world-historical line this weekend.
Doesn't look so good in either country.
The Egyptian junta just dissolved the parliament and is trying to crown Mubarak's last prime minister as the new president - without a constitution or a parliament, and with the junta serving in the role of a legislature.
The people are out in the square. What's going to happen, no one can say, but the odds for good outcomes look lousy.
In Greece, the conservatives are still ahead, and it's sickening to think that their narrow margin may come from those who in the last election voted for the Nazis. The party of the left has a shot at coming in first in the election and overturning the IMF-EU-ECB memorandum for austerity. The signal to Spain, Italy, et al. could trigger a European upheaval against the austerity program.
Coming up at the end of the month: Mexico. In September: Venezuela.
This is where the history is happening.
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