The first thing I thought was how much has Snowden revealed to Putin that he would feel making a move to Egypt was no longer risky.... Impossible for Snowden to have been ‘given’ asylum without a trade-off with Putin..forced or otherwise. Putin does nothing without great gain to himself...that's how he works.
I agree with the host that Chechnya issues certainly put him in a favorable light with the Egyptian leadership.....will they be asking him how he would deal with the MBS?
But on the whole , if he goes there it's a huge political statement....and will have impact on the ME Leaders....but you can bet China won't be happy about it one bit.
BTW I didn't see posters as these “all over” Egypt....I did see two or three locations with these up.... but they were all banners....I didn't see any posters or in the marches themselves.
...............I enjoyed hearing the Host and his guest Thou, where is that piped from...... very interesting listening....?
Sissi to Wash post says.... that Brotherhood members are more devoted to their Islamist beliefs than they are to Egypt.
He’s right..........and SISI has been long time known to deeply love, and be devoted to Egypt. His history attests to that...and those closest to him saw this throughout his life.
Additionally, SISi does not underestimate the “Power of the Mosque” to step in line and rally the people to MBS cause when push comes to shove.
SISi knows the MBS push is a threat to his country....they proved it...and when he himself saw Morsi moving the country he loved toward an Islamic state...he knew that would mean the state would be controlled by Shariah...entire.
“if Putin goes to Egypt Wednesday that will ‘surely’ change the equation in every way....not only in the dynamics of what’s happening there...but on the world stage entire.”
Exactly! Ugh!
“BTW I didn’t see posters as these “all over” Egypt”
THOSE posters they talked about “all over Egypt” are the ones of just Sissi. They are speculating that might mean Sissi may run in an election even though he said he would not.
John Bachelor Show:
http://johnbatchelorshow.com/podcasts/201ond-hour3/04/29/sec
He recently revamped his website. This page has his podcasts, divided into 4 separate hours. I download them and listen on mp3 player. He discusses a very wide range of subjects with a wide-variety of guests.