Breaking News & LIVE THREAD- Egypt and Middle East

Various on the internet | 28 January 2011

[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

[combat_boots]

For those who care to read up on the MB & cross-links:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2664855/posts?page=13#13

[GeronL]

Jordan, Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt

[Fishtalk]

Sheesh.

I agree with your assertion as the likely result of this, or a very possible result of this, will be a regime of anti-American types, Muslim extremists if you will.

But to say it’s irrelevant that Muburak is a dictator is a bit, eh....I’ll be nice and say...naive.

Let’s suppose Muburak was a nice fellow who held his position for, say, maybe ten years, a long enough time. Let’s suppose Muburak stashed away millions of American bucks in his swiss bank account, enough to keep his family wealthy and fat for many generations. Let’s suppose that Muburak didn’t get all selfish and shared his American largesse with the many impoverished Egyptians...in general kept his people happy.

I mean, come on, if Muburak had just not been so mean, so selfish, so greedy, maybe if he’d have walked away after swiping enough American dollars to keep him and his posh for another ten generations, maybe what’s happening today wouldn’t be happening.

Give a human being unlimited power and they tend to use it. It makes them a dictator and a despot and in due course humans will strike back like cobras.

It doesn’t matter?

[Eva]

I am afraid that the situation in the Middle East is way too serious to be making jokes about. The Middle East is about to have two radical Islamist states for book ends, with tiny Israel lying in between.

[Fishtalk]

Tell me about the Cairo speech.

[roses of sharon]

# Egyptian protesters remove barriers from streets earlier today. #jan25 http://yfrog.com/hs74942707j 1 minute ago via Twitter for iPhone

# Breaking Al Jazeera: State Security officials stay in hospitals & try to change their clothes so that protesters don’t attack them. #Jan25 4 minutes ago via web

# Breaking Al Jazeera: NDP building is buring intensly, helicopters try to put it out. Explosion reported at NDP building. #Jan25 5 minutes ago via web

# Breaking Al Jazeera: Fires near the Egypt Museum, trees of Egypt Museum are on Fire. NDP Building fire spreads. #Jan25 6 minutes ago via web

[silverleaf]

A Sarah Palin administration would include adults
like John Bolton and people whose names we don't even know who are the behind-the-scene diplomat heroes the world needs in this situation

Like the people working for Bush who stopped and unwound a nuc war between India and Pakistan right after 9-11

remember that obama’s ‘08 campaign stressed that Joe Biden would balance the ticket, bring his administration the foreign policy expertise they needed

How's that hopie changie thing working now? God, never thought I’ wish Bill Clinton was back in the WH but I hope h takes over today

[NeoCaveman]

buh-bye Mr. Mubarak

Mubarak is toast and the Saudis have to be nervous.

Old and busted: America friendly dictators. New hotness: Islamist revolutions.

[HollyB]

Think you’re right, I think it will become even more hostile. It’s like choosing the lesser of the two evils. Lots of instability in many world governments over the past year.

[r9etb]

The few comments I’ve seen from the Israeli side have been pretty mild and non-committal - if they’re calling up reserves and going on alert, as they should have already done, they’re *really* low-keying it....

They called up some of their reserves a couple of weeks ago, in response to events in Lebanon. You can hide a lot of Egypt-oriented preparations under that on-going activity.

[Pan_Yan]

The Middle East is about to have two radical Islamist states for book ends, with tiny Israel lying in between.

[AdamBomb]

I am prepared for the end of times......Jesus specifically asked us not to worry. Disturbed? Yes Worried? No

There is a plan and this is part of it.

[Minus_The_Bear]

The House of Saud bribe their people with "stimulus" from the oil money...

They probably have less to worry about.

[gore_sux]

It’s a good thing we have such strong American leadership that believes in and advocates the core values of liberty, democracy, and freedom to help inspire a proper transition from revolution. (/sarc)

[crosshairs]

They still have an advantage, but not as big.

Wrong. They have the only advantage they need. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

[r9etb]

She’d be better than Obama, Biden, and Hillary.

So would my dog. I want an experienced adult in charge, and not just somebody who I hope might be up to the task.

It's grown-up time now, folks.... let's get serious about what a real president looks like.

[silverleaf]

We are done aguing, sparky

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Remember these events in 20 years

[buccaneer81]

Lots of instability in many world governments over the past year.

Economic instability with a side of Islam leads to indigestion every time.

[Pan_Yan]

Fires near the Egypt Museum, trees of Egypt Museum are on Fire. NDP Building fire spreads.

I'd hate to see these people lose their history like the Afghans did.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

You forgot about Iraq. Iraq will soon turn now that the Shia are taking most of the Middle East.

Israel is toast and MaObama won’t lift a finger to help them.