The small clique of army generals who masterminded Mauritania's latest coup say all the right stuff: they want to end authoritarianism, they want elections, they want real democracy.
Problem is, that's exactly what they said after their last putsch three years ago, when they laudably ended a 21-year dictatorship and set the stage for the first free ballot in the Islamic nation's history.
The 2007 vote transferred power to a civilian president, culminating an extraordinary era of optimism in Africa's newest oil producer. But today, the man who won that election is under house arrest and the new junta's familiar promises are ringing hollow.
Facing …
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