BREAKING: The Brotherhood Makes Its Move
ElBaradei is in Tahrir Square in central Cairo right now, making a speech to protesters. This is his first appearance on a major stage since his return from exile last Thursday. He told the people, "You have taken back your rights and what we have begun cannot go back."
Al-Jazeera is reporting that "The Muslim Brotherhood has said that ElBaradei is to negotiate for the opposition." If this is true, it essentially constitutes an alliance between the Brotherhood and ElBaradei. Expect it to be pitched as a "unity government."
The Brotherhood is a visible presence in Tahrir Square right now; the NY Times is reporting that Brotherhood members are moving through the crowd while ElBaradei speaks.
Three hours ago, Egyptian fighter jets circled low over the crowds in Cairo Square.
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Sep '10
Re: BREAKING: The Brotherhood Makes Its Move
Just what I was worried about. I gain no satisfaction from being right on this one.
Jul '10
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But, but...he's a Nobel Laureate!!
Jun '10
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What is it that VDH says about such circumstances? "Sometimes the choices are between bad and worse."
Jul '10
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Hosni hasn't folded up his yurt yet. Good grief, I'm rooting for Hosni Mubarak.
Think I'll take a shower.
Jul '10
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Palaeologus: Hosni hasn't folded up his yurt yet. Good grief, I'm rooting for Hosni Mubarak.
Think I'll take a shower. · Jan 30 at 9:56am
I've been rooting for Mubarak from the start.
May '10
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Alex Berenson, a policy expert on Egypt, is also rooting for Mubarak, because he said this is a situation where it is "better the devil you know".
I'm fearful, because the devils we don't know are so frighteningly evil.
Sep '10
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Unfortunately, thanks to the speed of social media and handhelds, I can't see how any regime in the Middle East can avoid being swallowed by the tide. Looks like President Obama has his mid term foreign policy crisis that makes the SOTU look just that little bit ever so much more vacuous than it was before. The only consolation is that Hillary and Barack are probably fighting for the remote control at 3 am:
"Al Jazeera! No! CNN! No, BBC!" "Forget it, I'm getting the fax"
Edited on Jan 30, 2011 at 10:20amJun '10
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Before anyone starts rooting for Mubarak, please recall what the butcher Assad did to the people of Hama. The US cannot be seen to come down on the side of a tyrant bent on massacre. It's morally unacceptable.
Jun '10
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We're in deep doodoo.
May '10
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If Iran's Shiite government has long been at odds with mostly Sunni Saudi Arabia for dominance in the region, does the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and continued instability in the region mean they'll go to war?
Sep '10
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That was the gist of the dilemma raised: they all eventually fall. When they do, we're the ones with fingerprints on it.
May '10
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You're funny. A little humor is what I need right now.
Jul '10
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Yeah, like it was morally unacceptable to root for the Shah and his brutal SAVAK.
Until, the Mullahs took over...
May '10
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But we can *secretly* root for Mubarak, right?
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No comment, Judith, just a word of thanks: By following you and Claire over the last few days, I'm convinced, we hear at Ricochet have received the most pertinent news and the finest analysis available anywhere--and I mean anywhere.
May '10
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Ms. Levy, thank you for your updates. Of course no one can predict events, but I have to think the Egyptian cocktail-all its ingredients from Coptics to Islamists and all the rest would make an Islamist regime's ascent have to be a bloody one. Will the 10+% of Christians and secularists submit quietly?
Jul '10
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I'm guessing that "By Any Means Necessary" doesn't attract too many adherents for most issues on Ricochet.
I'm rooting for the Pack in the Super Bowl, doesn't mean I want the Steelers' plane to crash.
Jun '10
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Kenneth
Yeah, like it was morally unacceptable to root for the Shah and his brutal SAVAK.
Until, the Mullahs took over... · Jan 30 at 10:42am
The shah was at least a force for modernity and westernization. The SAVAK were brutal, but they never came close to massacring a city of 20,000. Once again, the choices are between bad and worse.
Jul '10
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Second.
Sep '10
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But we can *secretly* root for Mubarak, right?
I would root for Mubarak in the same sense as Noah was hoping for a flood.