Posted on 02/07/2011 11:39:17 AM PST by EBH
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Monday it could pull out of talks with the government if opposition demands were not met, including the immediate exit of President Hosni Mubarak who on Monday chaired a cabinet meeting.
Mubarak, 82, who refuses calls to end his 30-year-old rule before September polls, saying his resignation would cause chaos in the Arab world's most populous nation, has tried to focus on restoring order and his government seems to be buying time.
Protesters, barricaded in a tent camp in Tahrir Square in the heart of Cairo, have vowed to stay until Mubarak quits and hope to take their campaign to the streets with more mass demonstrations on Tuesday and Friday.
Keen to get traffic moving around Tahrir Square, the army tried early on Monday to squeeze the area the protesters have occupied. Overnight campers rushed out of their tents to surround soldiers attempting to corral them into a smaller area.
The powerful army's role in the next weeks is considered critical to the future of Egypt.
"The army is getting restless and so are the protesters. The army wants to squeeze us into a small circle in the middle of the square to get the traffic moving again," protester Mohamed Shalaby, 27, told Reuters by telephone.
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What good will? We have good will with a small elite that can dry up and blow away at any time.
In 50 years the USA has gone from a country where the world owed us, to one where we owe the world. A big part of that debt came from us sticking our nose in every country’s business and waging non USA defense related wars, and the ensuing costs. Just for once, I wish we could keep our nose out of every country’s business and put our own house in order first.
It’s not like we have piles of money available to prop up or take out every regime that doesn’t tow our line. We’ve tried that and done it and it doesn’t work in the long term.
The Mexican President stuck his nose in our business and most of us went wild. These people aren’t any different than us. They want to have a say in their own country, not our country.
Where do we get the idea that we should impose our “values’, which to be honest I’m not that sure what they are anymore? We say we want to spread freedom and democracy but it always depends. Our freedoms are being lost as we speak, as the Patriot Act comes up for renewal. Do we want the peoples of these various countries on our side, or just the dictator thugs?
Bingo. You could say the same about the USA media where they make huge profits by intentionally keeping the USA divided and fighting amongst ourselves. The media is absolutely what drives the divide in the USA just like any catalyst intended to create a reaction.
A unified cohesive nationalist USA that can work together towards creating a prosperous nation with common goals, is never in their interest. The media/press gets paid billions for political advertising and the pundits who keep the pot stirred get paid millions. It all comes down to rabble rousing and money under the pretense it is about politics, whether it is the USA or Egypt.
84% of Egyptians believe that someone who leaves Islam should get the death penalty. That is fertile ground for the MB.
LOL! Look stupid, I lived in Egypt 3 years, which is 3 years longer than you. I also lived in Turkey for 2 years, Bahrain for 1 year, UAE for 1 year and Israel for 2 years. Don't preach to me about what you know because you read it on some internet site.....especially some commie site that would love to see the MB take control of Egypt. Take your silly opinions and drag queen attitude elsewhere.....
Really good factual reply. You clearly refuted my assertion that the the U.S. has trained military from many despotic countries.
Oh wait, I guess you really only gave us your travel itinerary and a juvenile ad hominem personal attack.
Way to demonstrate your advanced intelligence and moral character!
Most impressive.
So what if they leave? I thought everyone said they were a minority group anyway?
Oh gee, I believe it was YOU that called me a tool.....apparently, you're the tool.....I have a posting history....try it, before throwing down......dumbass.
Your right, I should have checked before responding to your post. Your rudeness, name-calling and general ignorance has been on display for sometime.
>> The MB has lost. Mubarak has won.
oops.
It ain't over. The army is in charge now, with Sulieman in the lead. The army isn't going to let the MB take power.
>> It ain’t over.
Mubarak is over.
Why yes, yes it has. I don't suffer fools gladly, I call them out. And when the same fools resort to name calling, I call them names back. As for ignorance, I don't quote commie internet sites for references, that would be you....
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