latest. an exclusive. the british prime minister david cameron s thoughts on the events in egypt. first let me give you my take. egypt is one of the oldest countries in the world and had roughly the same borders and capital cities since 3,000 bc. it s always seen the embodiment of stability, state ruled by pharaohs. this may not be a revolution in the sense of a massive social transformation but a revolt. what s going on today in tunisia and egypt is the second arab revolt against the strong men that ruled these lands for decades. tunisia was the spark that led the fire and the internet and social media amplified and accelerated the sources of change. the forces may have been set in motion by the successes of the tunisian and egyptian regimes in recent years. you see, tunisia and egypt had been reforming their economies and this stimulated growth as a consequence. tunisia had growing at 5% a year and egypt much faster than that. economic growth stirs up expectations. it is th
have a terrific panel to put it in context. plus, david cameron s thoughts on the events in egypt. first, my take. egypt is one of the oldest countries in the world. it s had roughly is same borders and capital city since 3,000 b.c. it has a state ruled by pharohs. this may not be a revolution, but it is a revolt. the first arab revolt was in 1969 against the ottman empire. what is going on now is against the strong men who have ruled for decades. tunisia was the spot that held the fire. television and media forced the change, but in a strange sense, these forces may have been set in motion by the successes of the regimes in recent years. you see, tunisia and egypt had been reforming their economies. this stimulated growth. tunisia growing at 5% a year and egypt faster than that. it is this revolution of rising expectations that often undoes a dictatorship because it is unable to handle the growing demands of its citizens. in egypt, mubarak s regime moved back politically, ri