It is so hard, from such a distance and from the outside, to see or judge clearly – to make gray areas black and white – yet the voice of the people raised in Egypt reminds me of one raised many thousands of years ago in the same place by the Hebrew people enslaved there….”Let my People Go”…
Are we standing on the edge of witnessing, once again, the profound power of the people to claim their freedom? Will we see a peaceful resolution or a bloody bath? Is it Dr. Martin Luther King’ s march on Washington? Ghandi’s vision of India for India? Or is a Bloody Sunday – a Bastille day – an American Revolution in the making?
Egypt: the world is holding its breath. Watching and waiting. Urging and hoping. Praying – lifting to the powers of the universe the cry for a bloodless freedom – yet there is always some offering. Who and what and when are the questions. And so with baited hearts and trepedacious souls, we watch and pray ….
Stand fast Oh people. If history has shown us one thing, it is that what you stand for counts very much more than everything you oppose. Do not loose sight of your goal. Be heartened, and prepared for its price, and, in Winston Churchill’s words, “never give up, never, never, never give up…”