Friday, Feb. 18, 2011
Gen. Cartwright: Egypt-like protests will spread
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON - Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gen. James Cartwright told an economic club Friday that protests like the ones that brought down leaders in Egypt and Tunisia will continue to spread as long as authoritarian regimes don't meet the needs of their people.
"While we are urging restraint, this is going to happen. It is moving through Northern Africa, the Middle East at a pace that is just unheard of and each of those governments and each of those nations is watching it come, trying to figure out what's happening and how they might prevent it," Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Economic Club of Florida.
There are ongoing protests in Yemen, Bahrain and Libya. Cartwright said the fall of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt after just two weeks of protests probably surprised people most because it was considered one of the region's more stable nations.
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