Be careful what you wish for in Egypt - Tom Switzer | ABC

Be careful what you wish for in Egypt - Tom Switzer | ABC: "“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,” wrote William Wordsworth of the fall of the Bastille, “But to be young was very heaven!”

For many Egyptians today, the street protests in Cairo and elsewhere perhaps hold a similar romance. But just as the French Revolution turned into the Jacobin Terror, so might the widespread unrest on the Arab Street lead to instability and bloodshed in Egypt and the broader Middle East.

Several observers - from liberal idealists on the Left to neo-conservatives on the Right - suggest it wrong and churlish to dismiss the wider significance of the week-long uprising to end Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule."