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vongleichent  02/28/2012 02:02 PM Report

I would very much like to see his party win.

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martynushka  04/17/2011 02:42 AM Report

How tragic that the cultural situation precludes his presidential opportunity.

RMEA  04/13/2011 11:47 PM Report

This is the most important interview given on the subject of Egypt since their revolution. The candor and realism of Mr.Sawiris added to his eloquence makes this singular moment in my opinion , a landmark for the understanding of Egypt political paradigm. A little hope but for sure, a lot of anguish for all who listen carefully to his analysis. Lets all pray that the revolution will not be hijacked by reactionary forces.

JohnGelles  04/13/2011 05:52 AM Report

The Free Egyptians Party -- a Muslim nation secular party that respects the Koran and its religious perfection for Muslims, as well as, Western European and American enlightened views on parliamentary processes and free enterprise in business and commerce.

The modern liberal agenda of this party will have to compete with revolutionary rivals who may want revenge at home and anti-American successes abroad.

Naguib Sawiris is a billionaire engineer who succeeded in global business and has an extremely realistic view of politics in both the West and the Middle East.

He mentions European democracy and Muslim theocracy in the same sentence with a longing for peace and progress where these blessings are very rare.

A Westerner cannot help but admire the man and his hopes. A Muslim political rival for power will dismiss his hope as not justified yet in the circumstances. We see in American politics the difficulty imposed by scarcity and competition for wealth. In the Muslim world this difficulty is many times greater. Iranian extremist outcomes, or Iraq under the Bath fascist party, are the more likely fates for the Arab Spring -- perhaps -- and fear of such outcomes is a subtext or Naguib Sawiris' hope.

When we hear Secretary Gates express reluctance to go to war for North African democracy, it is that fear that we are a century too early for the enlightenment of Muslims in this region. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk brought modern thought to Turkey after WW I. Perhaps Indonesia will achieve modernity soon. North Africa might do it if NATO and America joined Sarkozy and Sawiris in their hope for a future that is possible if not likely.

So, where do I stand now? With the unenlightened Arabs and their need for conquest inherited from history, with the American isolationists who see Wilsonianism as folly, with the women who opposed Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, or with Sarkozy and Sawiris and their hopes?

For the moment I'm retreating to our own President's positions. He has not fallen for the romantic optimism of Sarkozy or the pessimistic ambitions of China and Russia. He sees things as they are: fairly lousy in global politics because mindless money remains more adept at penetrating minds than brotherly love, the Golden Rule, and Wilsonian idealism. Self-determination among the savages who inhabit Earth is insufficient to solve their problems.

Yet we are inches away from understanding what Lincoln knew and we forgot: the force for good that we call God is mighty and not pleased with His creation. We will do right by each other or re-do whatever it is until we obey His Rules.

Sawiris went over the Rules quite well -- they do not permit a hate America program, or a hate Israel either. This last one has been nearly silent in the Arab Spring. It has often been the case that talk is silver and silence gold.

grashed  04/12/2011 02:15 PM Report

We really should support Mr. Sawiris and his party. They represent the best chance for a liberal democracy in Egypt. The worst mistake we can make is to stay on the sidelines and watch as one or two parties (e.g. the Muslim brother hood and the remnants of the NDP) take control. To support Mr. Sawiris, we need to reaffirm our commitment to helping NGO's and other human rights organizations and to state, as a matter of public policy, that any belligerent or radical group that believes in one man, one vote, one time will get the same treatment as Messr. Qaddafi.

REMant  04/12/2011 10:41 AM Report

The Post ran a story day or two ago about the persecution of a steel magnate close to the old regime, and it certainly seems possible that stuff like this could turn into a reign of terror were it not for the military. I would think the political problem at first would be far too many parties. I agree with the idea of free government, of course, but it has to be understood that capitalism is quite deceitful in that respect, and in the absence of virtue, the only other option is violence and repression.