After all, popular protests have failed to gather steam; Bashar al-Assad’s regime has held firm in Syria; and Egypt, with neither a constitution nor a parliament, has apparently veered from democracy, if not descended into chaos.
Lidové protesty koneckonců nenabraly dynamiku, režim Bašára Asada v Sýrii se udržel a Egypt, který nemá ústavu ani parlament, se zjevně odklonil od demokracie, pokud přímo neupadl do chaosu.