Posted on 02/01/2011 9:15:45 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Egypt has been embroiled in political turmoil since protests, inspired by those that overthrew the regime in Tunisia, started last week.
While Egypt, and its Suez Canal, have been worry one for investors world wide since last week, the next big question is whether this dissent could spread to other countries around the region, and world.
It's a challenge to state led authoritarian capitalism, but it is also a response to rising food costs and soaring unemployment. There is also the social media factor, which has allowed protesters to circumvent traditional state run media sources and organize more efficiently.
What countries offer a similar mixture to that found in Egypt? And what investments are at stake?
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Those that fall will be the dictatorships that are unwilling to pull the trigger. Although there have been deaths, most were somewhat incidental. Some sweeping 30 cal. tank small arms will do wonders to empty the streets.
Are the rioters willing to die by the thousands and thousands???
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The Muslim Brotherhood is the most ardent and fanatical, and will likely have a larger influence than we wish.
Tehran, like Cairo, was a lovely and fairly modern secular city...until 1979.
The MB will preach death to Israel, and large portions of the population will agree. It’s bad news.
I certainly wouldn’t want to live under Mubaraks rule, but the success of this revolution will be a victory for the radicals, not for the freedom lovers.
Another half century of violence and crap from this nasty little splotch of earth is not what we need.
Algeria has already had protests. They are much more likely to fall than half that list.
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