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" I bet any remaining who end up getting appointed will have already been vetted and had it made it clear to them that they are going to be under a microscope with a 105mm rifled tank barrel on the other end. In addition, they will be put where they can do the least harm...like Minister of Sand Dollar Collections on the Mediterannean Coast."

I've watched you over the years (even met you at some FR function) and believe you're a very smart man. I hope you're right. I hope it isn't a case of the new leadership simply trying to appease to get their billion dollars from the USA. Appeasement leads to submission and sometimes war or further war.

I would like to see Egypt go secular. It has so much amazing history that world should continue to experience. Of course, with their current situation, I wouldn't book a holiday to Cairo for $20. Actually, you would have to pay me $5000 at least to go to that country. And then, I would spend about $2000 on black covert body guards (think former SEALS, Delta, SF, Rangers, etc.)

I hope you're right.

Thanks, my friend. Me too.

I hope it isn't a case of the new leadership simply trying to appease to get their billion dollars from the USA. Appeasement leads to submission and sometimes war or further war.

No doubt that there is some of that involved. The new leaders and the military know that they have to ensure that the liberal elements in the US and Western Europe are somehow caused to see that this is not just a military dictatorship, so they have come up with a way to do so, and they will ensure that the MB people they allow to get involved can do no harm.

I would like to see Egypt go secular. It has so much amazing history that world should continue to experience. Of course, with their current situation, I wouldn't book a holiday to Cairo for $20. Actually, you would have to pay me $5000 at least to go to that country. And then, I would spend about $2000 on black covert body guards (think former SEALS, Delta, SF, Rangers, etc.).

Nor would I go there at this point...just like I will not go to Mexico under any circumstances.

However, I hope that the situation there in Egypt settles down. What they have to do is somehow try and bring at least a few of the 5-6 million diehards to the table, and then ultimately brutally crack down on any that try and wage violence and war against the developing secular government. The former may not occur until the latter is successful.