"The previous regime succeeded in dividing Egypt into two groups: the first enjoyed huge wealth and lived in Sharm El-Sheikh and the elegant resorts on the North Coast. The second group which included the majority of Egyptians, suffered from poverty and the absence of decent education and medical treatment." -- Galal Aref , Al-Akhbar "Although Mubarak and his regime have fallen, the state is still run their way: ministers and governors are still selected according to the old bureaucratic way." -- Ammar Ali Hassan , Al-Masry Al-Youm "The people were possibly engaged in putting all the symbols of corruption behind bars, then relaxed, a situation we do not need at all right now." -- Wagdi Zeineddin , Al-Wafd "A dictator should never evoke ideas different from his own, except in derision. A dictator who admits that there could be contradictory debate within his establishment reveals cracks in his authority." -- Amir Taheri , Asharq Al-Awsat "The Syrian leadership's decision, between the advice of Ankara and that of Tehran, is the decisive point here. Will Damascus try once again to have it both ways, or will it listen to one set of advice and not the other?" -- Walid Choucair , Al-Hayat "Gaddafi must go; we have no doubt about this, but with him, too, should go not only his sons but those who hijacked the Libyan revolution from peaceful civilians and turned it into an armed rebellion and paved the way for this intervention by NATO." -- Abdel-Bari Atwan, Al-Quds Al-Arabi
