Posted on 05/25/2012 7:30:07 PM PDT by Kaslin
So how's that old Arab Spring going? You remember — the "Facebook Revolution."
As I write, they're counting the votes in Egypt's presidential election, so by the time you read this the pecking order may have changed somewhat. But currently in first place is the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi, who in an inspiring stump speech before the students of Cairo University the other night told them, "Death in the name of Allah is our goal."
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In second place is the military's man Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister and a man who in a recent television interview said that "unfortunately the revolution succeeded."
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In third place is moderate Islamist Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh, a 9/11 Truther endorsed by the terrorist organization al-Gama'a al-Islamiya. He's a "moderate" because he thinks Egyptian Christians should be allowed to run for the presidency, although they shouldn't be allowed to win.
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As I said, this thrilling race is by no means over, and one would not rule out an eventual third-place finish by a rival beacon of progress such as Amr Moussa, the longtime Arab League flack and former Mubarak foreign minister.
So what happened to all those candidates embodying the spirit of Egypt's modern progressive democratic youth movement that all those western media rubes were cooing over in Tahrir Square a year ago? How are they doing in Egypt's first free presidential election?
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I don't know about you, but I have the feeling that Messrs Morsi, Shafiq, and Abolfotoh are not spending much time on Facebook, or even on Twitter. Indeed, for a "social media revolution," the principal beneficiaries seem to be remarkably antisocial:
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They’re both a waste of time? (/rimshot)
This must be why O’Reilly likes Obamas foreign policy.
I was going to say that they both suck ... you said it in a more civilized way. LOL!
And part of this nation, the epitome of individual freedom, would give Obama the key 4 years he needs to destroy the USA and make it look like Egypt. Sorry, no more comparisons with Greece, please.
It will be much worse than that.
Obama and company have really screwed the pooch in the middle east. Holy crap, if the so- called Arab Spring doesn’t eventually result in the third word war I’d be shocked.
Stern ping!
Mark Steyn ping.
Freemail me, if you want on or off the Mark Steyn ping list.
Thanks for the ping Slings and Arrows
What about the Stern ping? (Darn AutoCorrect!)
Ha. I did not even notice.
To the headline: nothing.
Oh I hate the AutoCorrect too, but for the fact the keys are so small and i fat finger on the iPhone, I’d turn it off.
We knew how both of them were going to turn out.
iPod Touch in my case, but a similar problem.
Arab Spring? Hah!
“One of the basic defects of the Bush administration’s designation of a “war on terror” was that it emphasized symptoms (bombs and bombers) over causes (the underlying ideology).”
Steyn really nails one of the major failings of the GWB Administration right there.
There will be another 9/11, or worse, before the West will be able to consider dealing with the underlying ideology appropriately.
Thanks for the ping.
I didn’t notice Slings’s typo either!
I’ll have to turn in my Pedantic Grammar and Spelling Police certification!
In fairness, it was a very stern ping.
And you’re a very stern guy. ;-P
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