The Arab Spring was no prelude to democracy

Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8:04PM BST 31 May 2012 | Con Coughlin

[aruanan]

The Arab Spring was no prelude to democracy

Hey, Barry Obama. We're going to have a new American Spring this fall.

[Vermont Lt]

Not a prelude to democracy? I am shocked, I tell you....shocked.

And is that gambling over there at Rick’s?

[sergeantdave]

” meanwhile, you “trot out” no proof at all that contradicts the statements of myself and Kaufman”

What makes you think that you and Kaufman are credible?

In your little world, everyone in the Middle East is Al Quada or a sympathizer.

And the fact that al-Juwali has reorganized the army to include militias, and has used that army to take on al-Quada militias contradicts your opinion that al-Juwali is al-Quada.

There’s nothing in al-Juwali’s background or actions that connects him to al-Quada.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_al-Juwali

You apparently don’t have the acumen to explore other possibilites that are outside your world view. Al-Juwali’s military leadership is keeping a lid on the pot and preventing it from boiling over.

[Olog-hai]

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What makes you think that you and Kaufman are credible?

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You’re talking like a liberal plant now, trying to put words in my mouth that I did not say (figuratively). Your attempts at defanging the term “Islamist” say as much.

If you have any evidence (beyond Wikiliberalism) that al-Juwaili is not an Islamist who wants to put Libya under strict Sharia law (which makes him, as I said before, the equivalent of al-Qaeda), let’s see it. Otherwise, I’m sticking with the political candidate’s statement on this one. And as far as Libya goes, who wants the lid on the pot so that they can get sufficiently organized to attack the West again—or even worse, to ally with Iran as Egypt is doing?

[sergeantdave]

This is real easy to solve.

You think al-Juwaili is an al-Queda plant or whatever.

I think you’re wrong.

This disagreement between you and me is easy to solve.

Elections are coming up in Libya, and I think I know the interim government and the Libyan people better than you.

I’ll predict that the new government will not be made up of the Muslim Brotherhood, as in Egypt, nor will it be a government that is loving al-Queda. I’ll further predict that the new Libyan government will pass a set of free trade initiatives that will copy the UAE model, creating an international merchant and trade center in Tripoli that will mirror Dubai.

You make your analysis and a prediction of what the Libyan government will look like after the people vote. I’ve been very detailed in my prediction. Try to do the same in yours.

Then we’ll see who’s right.

Deal?