I think there’s something else...Freedom.
Same thing will happen in Turkey and Syria..
Once people have had a taste of the good life...and freedom...you take that away and there will be rebellion.
Same here. All Americans have had the taste of the good life all our lives...we sense a foreboding under Obama..esp with respect to what he’s done thru the IRS, EPA etc.
There will be a huge backlash coming...
Same thing will happen in Turkey and Syria..
Once people have had a taste of the good life...and freedom...you take that away and there will be rebellion.
I disagree. I think Egyptians were willing and are still willing to trade away freedom for economic prosperity, and that is part of the problem. There is a complete disconnect from the reality that freedom brings prosperity, and few have ever suffered from 'too much freedom.'
What they got was 8 million people who drifted into utter poverty, to join the other existing 32 million, putting half the population in economic chains. Just think of what a shock it is to the overall economy to within a year have ten percent of all business lost, and the carry on effects on the middle class.
Quite a few in this country are more than willing to trade away their freedom as well for the possibility of prosperity. To the point where in the last presidential election, BOTH candidates advocated for strong federal control of any and all aspects of life.
The trouble is the US did not act quick enough in Syria. Obama gave the MB long enough to gain the high ground in the rebellion before they stepped in.
Right. As soon as this seasons Amercan Idol is over.
I don’t know about Syria but Egypt and Turkey are similar in that they have large numbers of relatively westernized people who depend on tourism. I don’t buy the “they all want an islamic replublic” at all. Maybe a majority do but a very large and minority do not.