“ROFL get off the Glen Beck pipe. This is the best thing that has happened for freedom since the Soviet Union fell apart. This is the moment we have been waiting for. Democracy and liberty will spread throughout the Middle East
George W Bush was right! Iraq was just the beginning.
I couldn’t be happier for the people of Egypt - let’s hope it spreads to Iran and everywhere else.
You can’t hold freedom and liberty back!
A day to rejoice and celebration has come to planet earth! Freedom is spreading!
Unbelievable how ignorant (lacking understanding and education) some freepers can be during this moment in history. Shame to say the least.”
Forget about Glen Beck. Many people doubt that muslims will wind up wanting democracy and true freedom, more than they want their political religion.
So many fear that each toppled dictator will result in another islamic republic, like Iran and maybe soon, Egypt.
What is worth celebrating about “islamic democracy” if it persecutes Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Bahai, etc?
What is worth celebrating about “islamic democracy” if it preents female children from education, etc?
Islamic regimes do it every day. And the odds are, now that Mubarak was forced out prematurely, that Egypt will follow Iran's example and not Iraq's. In fact, and I hope I'm wrong, but there is a good chance Iran will turn Iraq once the Americans leave.
I love America and the freedom and liberty it provides. But I recognize how fragile that freedom is and that our Freedom Isn't Free, and that the people in any free society must want that freedom more than anything else, even more than the supremacy of their own personal religion.
This crucial ordering of priorities seems to be missing in the middle east, particularly in Egypt.