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Forget Sharia—The New Egyptian Constitution Enshrines Socialism
Forbes ^ | 12/19/2012 @ 9:48AM | Bill Frezza

Posted on 12/24/2012 12:17:01 AM PST by Olog-hai

It isn’t every day that the world gets to watch the birth of a new constitutional democracy. As the political drama in the land of the Pharaohs unfolds, the Western commentariat seems totally focused on the extent to which Egypt’s new constitution will be informed by Sharia law. Alas, nary a peep can be heard about a far greater threat to Egypt’s freedom and prosperity.

The drafters of the new Egyptian constitution are blessed with having the history of two centuries of constitutional democracies to study. Evidence abounds on what works and what doesn’t, of which economic policies lead to rapid growth and which to stagnation and bankruptcy. Yet with all this information at their fingertips, the Egyptian people appear set to go to the polls to endorse … socialism.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; egyptconstitution; egyptmb; islamicsocialism; redjihad; religionofpeace; shariaconstitution
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To: Venturer
Ruth Bader Ginsburg thought she would lend her so-called wisdom to the drafters of Egypt’s new constitution at one time . . . (remember, these are oathbreakers who swore to defend the US Constitution):
As Egyptian officials prepare to send to trial 19 American democracy and rights workers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Cairo last week where she suggested Egyptian revolutionaries not use the U.S. Constitution as a model in the post-Arab Spring.

“I would not look to the U.S. Constitution, if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012,” Ginsburg said in an interview on Al Hayat television last Wednesday. “I might look at the constitution of South Africa. That was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, have an independent judiciary. It really is, I think, a great piece of work that was done.” …
Ginsburg is not only an oathbreaker but a traitor. The South African constitution reads like the USSR’s constitution. Just like there are too many similarities between the new Egyptian constitution and the USSR’s constitution.
21 posted on 12/24/2012 12:03:39 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Rockingham

Egypt will weaken its own economy in the name of Islam, then continually threaten Israel with words to negotiate increasing aid from the US. Same game as Arafat and Hamas have perfected over 30 years.


22 posted on 12/24/2012 4:51:18 PM PST by research99
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To: Olog-hai

Now we see why democrats love Islam.

democrats = socialism


23 posted on 12/25/2012 10:16:29 AM PST by Democrat_media (media makes mass shooters household names to create more & take our guns)
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