Posted on 02/11/2011 11:01:17 AM PST by MindBender26
The overthrow of the Egyptian government is being led by the hard-corps Islamics, and there is video to prove it.
We are repeating history.
In 1962, a group of senior enlisted USAF photo interpreters was secretly slipped into the back door at the White House. They were there to brief President Kennedy. There had been unconfirmed rumors of a significant Russian military presence in Cuba, but the CIA agents on the ground were supplying conflicting information, and no proof of anything. In addition, no one had reported the missile crates being unloaded from Russian ships in Cuban harbors. The crates were labeled “Tractor Parts’ and the U.S believed them.
The old sergeants claimed they had proof. They laid aerial photographs of newly constructed athletic fields outside expanding Cuban military bases. Kennedy’s aides scoffed, claiming loudly that a few photographs of athletic fields proved nothing.
Kennedy himself asked, “What does a picture of a few new soccer fields prove?”
The wise old E-7, veteran of discovering hidden details from seemingly innocuous pictures quietly said; “Mr. President, Cubans play baseball. These are soccer fields. It’s the Russians who play soccer.”
Kennedy immediately put into motion the additional recon and operations that led up to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
An old CIA friend/source just called with a unique perspective. Everyone looking at the live TV pictures coming out of Tahrir Square is seeing, but missing one critically important detail.
Up until now, life in Cairo has been very secular. Businessmen wore expensive Western suits. Most upscale women were very stylish, dressed in the latest Paris fashions, their hair and makeup professionally done before every evening out, etc. Headscarves were very rare.
Tonight, the women in Tahrir Square are again paying tribute to the classic male-dominated Islamic culture. I watched for 15 minutes, and every woman had on a headscarf. Some were modern, silk, and stylish. Other were more basic, covering all but the eyes nose and mouth.
Regardless of the style, they are all sending a strong message. It may seem like a small clue, but Egyptians know that the hard-corps Islamics are, or will soon be, in charge of the new Egyptian government, and the women already know that to defy them can be disastrous.
It will get worse, much worse, very quickly.
Thank you Barack Obama.
We don't have to leave home to find an example of that. lol
How true!
Maybe I am nit picking semantics but lately I wonder if it's not a more intentional thing they do.
“Fortunately, the military has not ceded power, Baradai has showed his known cowardly streak, and not much has changed in Egypt.”
As far as the first two points...whew! I hope the miltary remains in control, and Baradai removes himself from the country. He’s been known to not live there, and is a coward, you know. ;o)
As for the last point, the fact that not much has changed is dangerous in itself. They don’t know how to “do” democracy. I hope there are some westerners there to help them transition to a peaceful, and not islamic, state.
LOL! I left of the “26” to my above post.
Thank you for this thread! I always appreciate your insights.
Bump dat!
Thank you so much for your post, Ernest! Very enlightening, to say the least.
Thank you for the ping, potlatch.
I arrived home in one piece. ;o)
Regarding my last point. I expect that elections will be held in September and that the party backed by the military will win. It is the same party that holds power now. Thus, the more things change....
I’ve saw today that the military is going to honor their treaty with Israel. That’s a good sign.
I’ve seen something about the Muslim Brotherhood’s five year plan, but haven’t had time to delve into it.
Lordy...I hope they are nowhere near the reins of power.
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