Election in Egypt

Wall Street Journal Editorial
"Opening in Egypt"
September 12, 2005; Page A16 (subscription required)

“Last week's presidential election in Egypt is being dismissed in some quarters as a sham, and indeed the vote was much less free than Iraq's or Afghanistan's. But the bigger story is that elections were held at all in that important Arab country, and that a democratic process has begun that may well be hard for Cairo's autocrats to control in the future.

His critics won't admit it, but none of this would be happening at all without President Bush's initiative on behalf of Mideast freedom.”