Out With the Tsar, In With the Bolsheviks
A portrait of the new, democratic Egypt:
CAIRO — An Egyptian blogger was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for criticizing the military...
The blogger, Maikel Nabil, 26, had assailed the Egyptian armed forces for what he called its continuation of the corruption and anti-democratic practices of Mr. Mubarak. Mr. Nabil often quoted from reports by established human rights groups.
...The charges against Mr. Nabil included insulting the military establishment and spreading false information about the armed forces. The tribunal charged him with spreading information previously published by human rights organizations like Amnesty International on the army’s use of violence against protesters, the torture of those detained inside the Egyptian Museum and the use of forced pelvic exams, known as “virginity tests,” against detained female protesters.
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Dec '10
Re: Out With the Tsar, In With the Bolsheviks
Hi Diane -
Funny (as in ironic) that you should mention this. I just spoke to one of my co-horts who's from Egypt who compared it to the Russian Revolution.
Edited on Apr 11, 2011 at 12:21pmJul '10
Re: Out With the Tsar, In With the Bolsheviks
Barack Obama must be dying of envy. Just imagine if he could clap the Ricochet community in irons.
Re: Out With the Tsar, In With the Bolsheviks
Johannes Allert: Hi Diane -
Funny (as in ironic) that you should mention this. I just spoke to one of my co-horts who's from Egypt who compared it to the Russian Revolution. · Apr 11 at 12:20pm
It's of course not a perfect comparison, but the exchange of one form of tyranny for another is tragically similar.
And besides, Egypt doesn't get enough rain to ever hope for a stable democracy...
May '10
Re: Out With the Tsar, In With the Bolsheviks
Johannes Allert: Hi Diane -
Funny (as in ironic) that you should mention this. I just spoke to one of my co-horts who's from Egypt who compared it to the Russian Revolution. · Apr 11 at 12:20pm
Edited on Apr 11 at 12:21 pm
All power to the Workers Soviets!
May '10
Re: Out With the Tsar, In With the Bolsheviks
That's the problem with revolutions... everything's fine until the little Tsar-balls begin washing up on the beach...
Re: Out With the Tsar, In With the Bolsheviks
When I visited Egypt, one scholar spoke of it (and Syria) as Mameluk regimes. This news item suggests that nothing has changed.
Aug '10
Re: Out With the Tsar, In With the Bolsheviks
What was it about the Iranian warships sailing through the Suez Canal almost the minute Mubarak was gone that people didnt get? As hints go, it was a pretty big one. The rest is predictable, and not good.
May '10
Re: Out With the Tsar, In With the Bolsheviks
So much for the "Arab Spring."