old habits of tyranny die hard. you have this military regime, which has been in power since 1952, for six decades egypt was ruled in a very authoritarian way. it had a rich democratic heritage, but that was before 1952. i think egyptians have the best chance in the arab world as a whole for making that transition to a democratic future. it s a culture with a legal framework, and i think we saw the best of egypt in tahrir. we will see some deviation from that. men are not angels. but on balance i still vote for the egyptian revolution that it will bring egyptians a measure of relief and a measure of progress. and that brings us straight to tunisia. ivan, despite the situation in egypt, you seem to draw a different sort of comparison in tunisia, the other post revolution country here. are things different?
but on balance i still vote for the egyptian revolution that it will bring egyptians a measure of relief and a measure of progress. and that brings us straight to tunisia. ivan, despite the situation in egypt, you seem to draw a different sort of comparison in tunisia, the other post revolution country here. are things different? it hasn t been that long in the scheme of things, but what are you seeing in tunisia? reporter: i just traveled from there a couple days ago, sanjay. and there the revolutionary process seems much more benign. we ve had this democratic ferment, this explosion of political parties, more than 30 have been registered and allowed to operate since the dictator there was overthrown. you have these spontaneous debates braking out in the main thoroughfare of the main capital, tunis. unlike here where plain clothes cops are grabbing people off the
i think ivan had a wonderful way of putting it, when he said old habits die hard. you have this military regime, which has been in power since 1952, for six decades egypt was ruled in a very authoritarian way. it had a rich democratic heritage, but that was before 1952. i think egyptians have the best chance in the arab world as a whole for making that transition to a democratic future. it s a culture with a legal frame work, and i think we saw the best of egypt in tahrir. we will see some deviation from that. men are not angels. but on balance i still vote for the egyptian revolution that it will bring egyptians a measure of relief and a measure of progress. and that brings us straight to tunisia. ivan, despite the situation in egypt, you seem to draw a different sort of comparison in tunisia, the other post
heritage, but that was before 1952. i think egyptians have the best chance in the arab world as a whole for making that transition to a democratic future. it s a culture with a legal framework, and i think we saw the best of egypt in tahrir. we will see some deviation from that. men are not angels. but on balance i still vote for the egyptian revolution that it will bring egyptians a measure of relief and a measure of progress. and that brings us straight to tunisia. ivan, despite the situation in egypt, you seem to draw a different sort of comparison in tunisia, the other post revolution country here. are things different? it hasn t been that long in the scheme of things, but what are you seeing in tunisia? reporter: i just traveled from there a couple days ago, sanjay. and there the revolutionary process seems much more benign.