On 30 Jan 2011, at 07:47, underscore <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Ingrid <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Regardless, the shift in policy on democracy did not go unnoticed by >> Egyptian civil society and, I'm sure, by the Mubarak regime. >>> >> >> > > the regime, yes -- its a matter of survival. but, i dont think there > is even a single protestor who > is out there in indignant anger because the americans reduced funding > for some civil society groups.... >
Absolutely, but choking off the channels that press for democratic reform, social justice etc. leaves people with no avenue but insurrection. And the signal the regime received was that the new US administration cared less about democratic reform than the Bush administration did.
