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Egypt
Feb 13, 2011 10:49:40 GMT -5
Post by Jesse on Feb 13, 2011 10:49:40 GMT -5
Anyone paying attention to what's going on there? I find the media coverage of it fascinating. Not sure how they consider a military take over "democracy", but that seems to be what most media are billing it as. Is it a good thing that Mubarek is ousted from power? Could be. Devil you know vs the Devil you don't know. No democracy just yet. So far, they've had a dictatorship replaced with military rule. Might be an improvement for the Egyptian people or they could've just jumped from the frying pan into the fire. Time will tell.
That said, I think our President handled the whole situation brilliantly by pretty much staying out of it until there was a clear winner. Kinda like if your friend is having marital problems: you don't want to say too much bad about his/her spouse until the divorce is final, for if they patch things up, you may not be their friend anymore.
Any other thoughts?
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Egypt
Feb 13, 2011 16:51:31 GMT -5
Post by kim on Feb 13, 2011 16:51:31 GMT -5
Great post Jesse!
I'm taking a casual watch on this situation...but as the days go on, I find myself becoming more intrigued with the continual ongoings here with the Egyptian situation.
The one thing I have to say, is from what I understand, this is making Israel really nervous and likely so.
It will be very, very interesting to see the outcome of this situation over the next few months.
You're right Jesse...Obama played his cards right at this point in time. I applaud him for his stance at this point.
Thanks Kim
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Egypt
Feb 13, 2011 18:19:05 GMT -5
Post by Ricky on Feb 13, 2011 18:19:05 GMT -5
right now it look like a good place not to be..
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Egypt
Feb 13, 2011 22:29:49 GMT -5
Post by Pete on Feb 13, 2011 22:29:49 GMT -5
Hopefully it goes the way of Germany and not Iran.
I had friends that were stuck in Egypt when this irrupted and had to be flown out by the American Embassy.
A very good friend of mine was born in Egypt and has family there. They are happy to be deposed of Mubarak but hope that it's not one step up and two steps back if the Muslim Brotherhood gain too much influence.
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Egypt
Feb 18, 2011 10:57:40 GMT -5
Post by kim on Feb 18, 2011 10:57:40 GMT -5
Hopefully it goes the way of Germany and not Iran. I had friends that were stuck in Egypt when this irrupted and had to be flown out by the American Embassy. A very good friend of mine was born in Egypt and has family there. They are happy to be deposed of Mubarak but hope that it's not one step up and two steps back if the Muslim Brotherhood gain too much influence. Very well stated Pete...was thinking the same myself. Thanks Kim
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Egypt
Feb 18, 2011 12:10:18 GMT -5
Post by snakesandladders on Feb 18, 2011 12:10:18 GMT -5
I NEVER liked that RIGHT-WING sh**fa** of MUBARAK ever since he was accused of secretly eliminating Sadat¡Koh yes, but every one has a very short memory of the factsƒºƒºƒº I SUPPORT 100% THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE for having dumped MUBARAK and his pro-West, RIGHT-WING thug govt. ¡K..GOOD RIDDANCE idiot!! . Many forget another very important revolution¡K.the glorious American Revolution where the Sons&Daughters of America DUMPED King George and his corrupt THUGS forever!!! ƒº¡K..a revolution is a REVOLUTION, NO matter which side starts it¡Kso was the American Rev right and the Egyptian Rev wrong, HMMMMMM? !! ƒº. This is only the start of many revolutions¡Ksome bloody, some peaceful¡K¡K.the Egyptian army? At least, they didn¡¦t shoot on the people (like the army of the corrupt RIGHT-WING Bahrain army¡KHHHHHMMMMMM???! . If ever an Islamic revolution against TYRANTS is labeled as TERRORIST, then I¡¦m frankly a TERRORIST too!! ƒº¡K..no worries, I¡¦m not afraid of saying this in public..I¡¦m in a position where I can deal with any agency that would like to keep quiet MILLIONS of supporters all over the world!!! ƒº¡Kand YET ANOTHER WALL has tumbled¡Kmany other WALLS will tumble too!!! ƒº
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Egypt
Feb 18, 2011 12:10:54 GMT -5
Post by snakesandladders on Feb 18, 2011 12:10:54 GMT -5
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Egypt
Feb 19, 2011 18:06:25 GMT -5
Post by Jesse on Feb 19, 2011 18:06:25 GMT -5
I dunno. If beating up western reporters and sexually assaulting the female ones (who are generally supporting the revolution) is the Egyptian people's idea of democracy, then count me out of their victory parade. If the 200+/- men who sexually assaulted Lara Logan while shouting "Jew" (she's NOT Jewish) is any representation of the Egyptian populace, perhaps they needed an asshole like Mubarek to keep them in line.
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Feb 22, 2011 13:57:39 GMT -5
Post by Ricky on Feb 22, 2011 13:57:39 GMT -5
good point Jesse..
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Egypt
Feb 23, 2011 11:08:10 GMT -5
Post by snakesandladders on Feb 23, 2011 11:08:10 GMT -5
Ohhh so I see many BIASED pro RIGHT-WING supporters here......no worries, THE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO WIN ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST AND GETTING RID OF THE RIGHT-WING MENACE IN GOVTS.....MANY A WALL WILL TUMBLE And i hope many heads will fal like they have already fallen....."the Berlin Wall the only disgrace wall" MY ASS:) ....YOU GUYS ARE VERY GOOD AND TRAined at picking the minority events in major events to support your theories....congrats...BUT YOU Are THE MINORITY,,,,,,feel so sorry for you...really, truly!!!
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Egypt
Feb 23, 2011 15:35:54 GMT -5
Post by Jesse on Feb 23, 2011 15:35:54 GMT -5
Ohhh so I see many BIASED pro RIGHT-WING supporters here......no worries, THE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO WIN ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST AND GETTING RID OF THE RIGHT-WING MENACE IN GOVTS.....MANY A WALL WILL TUMBLE And i hope many heads will fal like they have already fallen....."the Berlin Wall the only disgrace wall" MY ASS:) ....YOU GUYS ARE VERY GOOD AND TRAined at picking the minority events in major events to support your theories....congrats...BUT YOU Are THE MINORITY,,,,,,feel so sorry for you...really, truly!!! I'm just pointing out the obvious. If you think those folks have any more love for you than Lara Logan or Anderson Cooper, you haven't been paying attention.
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Feb 23, 2011 21:26:13 GMT -5
Post by blackers45 on Feb 23, 2011 21:26:13 GMT -5
Gas could be $5 by Memorial Day, that will be limiting my driving to any concerts of distance. Ticket prices aint gonna do anything but go up when they got to haul their stuff around and their price at the pump will affect ticket prices.
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Egypt
Feb 24, 2011 12:12:50 GMT -5
Post by snakesandladders on Feb 24, 2011 12:12:50 GMT -5
Ohhh so I see many BIASED pro RIGHT-WING supporters here......no worries, THE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO WIN ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST AND GETTING RID OF THE RIGHT-WING MENACE IN GOVTS.....MANY A WALL WILL TUMBLE And i hope many heads will fal like they have already fallen....."the Berlin Wall the only disgrace wall" MY ASS:) ....YOU GUYS ARE VERY GOOD AND TRAined at picking the minority events in major events to support your theories....congrats...BUT YOU Are THE MINORITY,,,,,,feel so sorry for you...really, truly!!! I'm just pointing out the obvious. If you think those folks have any more love for you than Lara Logan or Anderson Cooper, you haven't been paying attention. The only one who's been paying little or NO attention here is YOU......I have never known of a peoples' revolution without any bloodshed or injuries of innocent people....including the glorious American REvolution!!
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Egypt
Feb 24, 2011 18:21:09 GMT -5
Post by Jesse on Feb 24, 2011 18:21:09 GMT -5
I'm just pointing out the obvious. If you think those folks have any more love for you than Lara Logan or Anderson Cooper, you haven't been paying attention. The only one who's been paying little or NO attention here is YOU......I have never known of a peoples' revolution without any bloodshed or injuries of innocent people....including the glorious American REvolution!!So you're ok with the Egyptian people deliberately roughing up reporters?
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Feb 25, 2011 10:25:47 GMT -5
Post by snakesandladders on Feb 25, 2011 10:25:47 GMT -5
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Feb 25, 2011 12:38:42 GMT -5
Post by Jesse on Feb 25, 2011 12:38:42 GMT -5
Good, your earlier posts didn't seem to rebuke that sort of violence! Glad to se we are in agreement there. Absolutely correct! I think a topic like that deserves its own thread though. Which leftist dictator should we talk about first? Castro, Jong Il, Chavez, Ghadafy, Ahmadinijad, Putin?
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Egypt
Feb 26, 2011 14:18:54 GMT -5
Post by snakesandladders on Feb 26, 2011 14:18:54 GMT -5
Putin?? Don't be fooled man.....he is as RIGHT-WING as Hitler....he and his gang of thugs love Reaganism and support the return of the Czar....bloody sh*the*d!!! Ghadafy, Ahmadinijad?? I doubt they are LEFTIST...they seem more "Western-oriented democratic", hehehehehhe . Now to MY question: who wiped out over 6000000 Jews in WWII? Answer: the right-wing Nazis.....NO lefitist state ever did anything as horrible as that!!!
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Feb 26, 2011 16:32:27 GMT -5
Post by Jesse on Feb 26, 2011 16:32:27 GMT -5
What planet are you on? Hitler was leader of the National SOCIALIST party. Socialism is a left-wing tenant and has killed more people than ANY other idealology. Not only Germany, but USSR, China, N Korea, Cambodia, just to name the major offenders. ALL LEFTIST states!
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Egypt
Feb 28, 2011 10:52:46 GMT -5
Post by snakesandladders on Feb 28, 2011 10:52:46 GMT -5
What planet are you on? Hitler was leader of the National SOCIALIST party. Socialism is a left-wing tenant and has killed more people than ANY other idealology. Not only Germany, but USSR, China, N Korea, Cambodia, just to name the major offenders. ALL LEFTIST states! Whatever the planet I'm on, the POLITICAL SPECTRUM and the philosophy behind that is on EARTH!!!! All supporters of RIGHT-WING ideals exorcize the fact of RIGHT-WINGISM by stating what you said....as if we don't all know history.....of course it was National Socialism at first, then it moved all the way to the right and that means "wild capitalism, racism, violence, intolerance, wealth at all costs, war waging.....", etc. etc. Go tell a Jew if all the states you mentioned above ever killed offf millions and millions of Jews, but watch out, you might get roughed up for being heretic!!!!
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Feb 28, 2011 11:38:29 GMT -5
Post by Jesse on Feb 28, 2011 11:38:29 GMT -5
What planet are you on? Hitler was leader of the National SOCIALIST party. Socialism is a left-wing tenant and has killed more people than ANY other idealology. Not only Germany, but USSR, China, N Korea, Cambodia, just to name the major offenders. ALL LEFTIST states! Whatever the planet I'm on, the POLITICAL SPECTRUM and the philosophy behind that is on EARTH!!!! All supporters of RIGHT-WING ideals exorcize the fact of RIGHT-WINGISM by stating what you said....as if we don't all know history.....of course it was National Socialism at first, then it moved all the way to the right and that means "wild capitalism, racism, violence, intolerance, wealth at all costs, war waging.....", etc. etc. Go tell a Jew if all the states you mentioned above ever killed offf millions and millions of Jews, but watch out, you might get roughed up for being heretic!!!! Capitalism was NOT a part of Hitler's Germany. Statism/Socialism was. Did those other Countries kill off "millions of Jews" like Hitler did? No, not Jews, but Stalin and Mao EACH killed about twice as many PEOPLE as Hitler did.
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