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MICHAEL TOTTEN: The Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt. Key bit: ?What Mubarak and the Shah both ?

By Glenn Reynolds

MICHAEL TOTTEN: The Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt. Key bit: “What Mubarak and the Shah both failed to understand is that if you make concessions when you?re weak it just increases the appetite for more concessions. If they would have made concessions when they were in a position of power, they could have negotiated a smooth transition to a less authoritarian government.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).