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Posted on 01/28/2011 9:14:48 AM PST by SE Mom
From FOX:
DEVELOPING: Loud explosions and gunfire were heard in the Egyptian capital of Cairo Friday, as protesters demanding the removal of President Hosni Mubarak defied a curfew, Al Jazeera reported. Egyptian television reports the ruling party headquarters in Cairo are on fire.
From TWITTER:
WashingtonPost: Clinton: We urge #Egypt authorities to allow peaceful protest, reverse unprecedented steps it has taken to cut off communications less than 20 seconds ago
There are lots of tinkerers who can adjust these so that everyone can become aware of emergency procedures they need to follow (ahem).
That bears repeating.
Thank you for that. Interesting insight.
In an earilier post you said,
“I lived in Egypt 3 years - they despise the US. And they are not happy with the despot. The military will take over.”
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So, does that mean the majority would be happy with the MB in power?
Bolton on Greta now. Both of them look and sound very worried.
I am watching. Just tuned in to FR.
Has potential to be uncharted territory. Obama’s speech...tepid is the most generous word I can use.
And if this is true....
Egypt protests: America’s secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising
telegraph.co.uk ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2665061/posts
Yemen also, but Jordan is especially disturbing as well:
Thousands in Jordan protest, demand PM step down
The Jerusalem Post ^ | 1/28/2011
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2665124/posts
And lastly, today:
Obama Administration Lifts US Ban on Muslim Brotherhood Leader
IsraelNationalNews ^ | January 28 2011 | Avi Yellin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2665178/posts
What the saying.....oh yes.
Support the bastard you know and not the bastard you don’t know.
Washington, D.C. – In response to escalating disorder in Egypt, U.S. Representative Thaddeus G. McCotter (MI-11) today issued the following statement:
“The Egyptian demonstrations are not the equivalent of Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution. The Egyptian demonstrations are the reprise of Iran’s 1979 radical revolution.
“Thus, America must stand with her ally Egypt to preserve an imperfect government capable of reform; and prevent a tyrannical government capable of harm.
“For if Egypt is radicalized, all of the reforms sought by the Egyptian people and supported by the United States with them - including consensual and constitutional government; free elections; open and unbridled media; and Egyptian control of their natural resources - will be lost. Nascent democratic movements in the region will be co-opted and radicalized. The world’s free and open access to the Suez Canal’s vital commercial shipping lanes will be choked. And the Sinai Accord between Egypt and Israel - which must be protected as the foundation and principal example for Mideast peace - will be shredded.
“Though many will be tempted to superficially interpret the Egyptian demonstrations as an uprising for populist democracy, they must recall how such similar initial views of the 1979 Iranian Revolution were belied by the mullahs’ radical jackbooted murderers, who remain bent upon grasping regional hegemony and nuclear weaponry.
“In this crisis, the American people deserve candor and action from President Obama, and President Hosni Mubarak and General Tantwai.
“This is not a nostalgic “anti-colonial uprising” from within, of all places, the land of Nassar. Right now, freedom’s radicalized enemies are subverting Egypt and other our allies.
“Inexcusably, this crisis has been hastened and exacerbated by the U.S. Administration’s refusal to whole-heartedly embrace Iran’s truly democratic 2009 Green Revolution. Make no mistake: strategically and cynically, freedom’s radicalized enemy is exploiting a real religion to undermine liberty and true reform just as Soviet communism posed as a secular creed to obtain the same illegitimate ends.
“If we fail to meet today’s enemy on the same determined, principled terms, we will too late awake in a nightmare world. But, if today’s enemy is steadfastly met and bested, liberty and the rule of law will be unleashed for millions throughout the world.
“This is the crisis; such are the stakes; and I stand ready to assist President Obama in the pursuit of a policy that defends our invaluable ally; and advances Egyptians’ inalienable, peaceful aspirations.”
In my view, AQ/MB and democrats will steal elections where ever there are elections, so the MB’s call for elections falls on my deaf ears.
Most ordinary Egyptians did not support the MB - the MB does not really enjoy much popularity. The army has widespread respect. They are the power behind the throne and will install the next president.
Of course the islamists support this revolution and will use it to try to increase their influence, and I do not underestimate the threat. Most egyptian militant islamists have been driven from the country or imprisoned. However, the technocrats and unions have considerable influence too. The likely scenario is that a military backed civil government will emerge, rather than some islamist regime. I hope that we are seeing things move to post-islamicism at last.
Thaddeus McCotter gets it.
He is one smart congressman.
Thank you for your informed analysis.
Suggest you read post 1446 from someone who’s been there.
Any election would be a shame. It’s like Hamas calling for election on the Gaza Strip.
The army has widespread respect. They are the power behind the throne and will install the next president.
The likely scenario is that a military backed civil government will emerge, rather than some islamist regime. I hope that we are seeing things move to post-islamicism at last.
Thank you, FlyingEagle!
That shall be my prayer.
“Thaddeus McCotter gets it. He is one smart congressman.”
Yes he is. I saw it too.
Not sure I agree with all that McCotter has to say on the matter, but it is certainly refreshing to see a politician putting forth an actual, cogent argument to support his point.
Me too.
That bit about the Persian fiance, just a blip in my long life really, was not necessarily germane to your comment. But another commenter on this thread asked me how old I was and did I know about the Shah of Iran.
I just thought it too ironic that I'd once been engaged to a Persian right at the time the Shah was overthrown. Ali called it Persia.....always. And he HATED the Shah....I didn't understand it then, but again, the native people hated the guy in charge and us Americans think we know better.
I remember he made his own yogurt and we ate dinner on the floor.
He loved America and wanted to take me home to live in Persia, his fine American wife.
Heh. Well for a while I was taken by it all, as you might imagine as a young girl.
But living in Persia? I am entirely too American to live anywhere else.
No thanks. I’ll go with the experts. I’m not much of a believer in skittles and rainbows.
Back when the Iranians were asking me to dance, I had enough sense to say “No thanks.” My best friend, a skittles and rainbows type, became impregnated and married a guy I turned down. It turned out that he had 3 other wives and it was against the law for an Iranian Officer to marry an American. He was called back to Iran and presumably locked up while the US Gov’t put her in a program similar to the witness protection program to hide from the husband’s very rich family that wanted the child. I ran into her 5 years later in another state at a grocery store. She was no longer a skittles and rainbows kinda gal. ;) Reality tends to do that sort of thing.
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