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Egypt's Declaration of Independence: Not So Different From Ours

Independence Day

The Egyptians are striving for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness just like America did in 1776.

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Washington has a serious tendency to exalt semantics over common sense. Right now it’s fretting over whether to call what happened in Egypt on Wednesday a coup d’état.

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