In egypt they started doingit. They got an elected government and then the same people, many but not all, the same numbers of people who had gone to the streets the first time went back into the streets and asked the army to come in but this time they werent asking the army to take away an undemocratic government,they were asking the army to take away a government that had been elected so the army did and the accomplishment was the end of democracy for at least a generation. Thats an autonomous act of a collective people, i argue, against democracy. To say we tried it, it didnt work, we dont like it. And thats another thing, we think democracy is that people put themselves in power and the people want to stay in power but thats not always true. People can put themselves in power and take themselves out of powerand thats what happens , i know thats a controversial claim but im curious to hear your thoughts about the mismatch question. Why it was that people didnt talk about democracy in
Of brothers and coulibaly came into contact with these people, especially one of the brothers, and they were in a certain sense radicalized already from a very long time ago, and the brothers were held and coulibaly were held when there was an attempt to release from prison, of this terrorist group that came out in the 1990s, so theres a generational system going on here. Rather than talk about i think rather than talk about whether it was somehow guided from yemen or guided from other parts of the muslim world, i think we also need to see how these networks are not just beginning today in france. All right, thank you very much, michael. Just stand by for us. Were going to talk to another guest whos joining us here from washington d. C. This sunday. Robert russell is the executive director of a Cartoonist Rights Network international. Thank you very much, indeed, robert, for being with us. Let me first ask you about your reaction as were seeing so many people in the streets of paris. I
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