Egyptians chant slogans against the government and military rulers after Friday prayers in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, 230 km north of Cairo July 15, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians packed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, keeping up pressure on the ruling generals to implement reforms more swiftly and to try ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his aides. Reuters‘Arab Spring’ Dreams Dying Amid Violence -- Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times
Hopes for democracy meet with iron fists.
The hopes for democracy that bloomed in the “Arab Spring” are drying up in a long, hot summer of crackdowns, civil war and continuing protests.
In Syria, President Bashar Assad’s security forces continue to gun down protesters as his army assaults neighborhoods in Damascus and other cities.
Egypt remains under the military’s tight control, while demonstrators are still protesting for reforms more that five months after the ouster of longtime President Hosni Mubarak.
Political turmoil in Yemen threatens a civil war much like the conflict in Libya, as both countries’ leaders desperately cling to power.
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My Comment: What is my take .... the Arab spring is over. The only question now is .... what will happen in Syria and Yemen.