Posted on 02/02/2011 3:25:30 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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One possible scenario, which undoubtedly unites us all, is that these hopes for democracy and a gradual, stable peace process are realized in Egypt.
However, this is not the only possible scenario. Because far away from Washington, Paris, London – and not so far from Jerusalem – is another capital in which there are hopes.
In this capital, there are leaders who can also see the opportunities that change in Egypt could bring. They also support the millions who took to the streets. They too speak about the promise of a new day. But for the people in this capital, the promise of a new day is not in its dawn but in the darkness it can bring.
That capital is Tehran, and I assure you, that the leaders in Iran are not interested in the genuine desires of Egyptians for freedom, liberalization or reform, any more than they were interested in answering similar calls for freedom by the Iranian people, their own people, only 18 months ago.
I’ll jog your memory. They too had demonstrations; multitudes filled the town squares. But, of course it progressed in a different way. I was going to say that it finished differently but I’m not sure it’s over.
The Iranian regime is not interested in seeing an Egypt that protects the rights of individuals, women, and minorities. They are not interested in an enlightened Egypt that embraces the 21st century. They want an Egypt that returns to the Middle Ages.
They want Egypt to become another Gaza, run by radical forces that oppose everything that the democratic world stands for.
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I think we may have lost the war on terror.
Obama wants Israel destroyed. Jews reward him by voting for Rats in 2012.
and the flip? the beginning of you saying allah akber...
I prefer Israel smoting down the mid east. Starting with the agitator, Iran. Its sad the greatest country becomes dependent on the smallest.
They are the leaders for western man!
Netanyahu has a firm grip on reality. I do not envy him or the Israeli people. God be with them.
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I assure you, that the leaders in Iran are not interested in the genuine desires of Egyptians for freedom, liberalization or reform, any more than they were interested in answering similar calls for freedom by the Iranian people, their own people, only 18 months ago.Why, what happened 18 months ago in Iran? (/sarc, just in case). Thanks Pan_Yan.
“Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves.” — John Milton
Bibi is fully correct.
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