NEW DELHI – For 18 days, during the ebb and flow of protest, it did not seem possible that the end of the Egyptian Revolution would come so suddenly, in a terse announcement that lasted no more than a half-minute: “President Hosni Mubarak has relinquished office….” With that, amidst roars of victory, an era was ended, reaffirming the old saying that “the graveyards of the world are full of those who considered themselves indispensable to their nations.”
NEW DELHI – Il semblait impossible que la révolution égyptienne, après 18 jours de remous, prenne fin aussi abruptement, d’une simple déclaration qui n’a pas duré plus d’une demi-minute: “Le président Hosni Moubarak démissionne de ses fonctions de chef de l’Etat…” Sur fond d’explosions de joie victorieuse, une époque s’achevait, illustrant encore combien “les cimetières sont remplis de gens irremplaçables.”