You Tell Me What's Really Happening
Claire Berlinski, Ed. ·
Feb 1, 2011 at 4:34am
exiledsurfer "islamic threat" perpetrators in the west [expletive deleted] WATCH: not one "allah u ahkbar" chant in #tahrir. Only a call for freedom from oppresion35 minutes ago via TweetDeckRetweeted by monaeltahawy and 41 others
Falasteeni The roar coming from Tahrir Square is the sound of Israel's foundations crumbling #jan2528 minutes ago via TweetDeckRetweeted by you and 12 others
Human beings have an amazing ability to see only what they want to see, don't they? Both of these sentiments I'm sure are very real right now in Tahrir Square. Neither, obviously, is the full story.
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Oct '10
Re: You Tell Me What's Really Happening
a debbie downer post for Egypt.
Jul '10
Re: You Tell Me What's Really Happening
It is in the interests of the Brotherhood not to vocalize their religious intentions at the start. It's the Bolsehvik/Iran strategy of appealing to the broadest support possible (secularists, socialists, discontents, students) to start the revolution and then the organized, professional religious loons take over in the end.
I've been very disturbed reading the Facebook posts of Middle Eastern students at my university. They all started off peacefully enough with calls for freedom, but they have all quickly turned into vile and disgusting anti-semitic screeds. One girl in particular wants Mubarak dead....says Egypt should have never made peace with Israel...said the Jews SHOULD be scared of what's coming when the revolution succeeds...and that's only the things written in English for American eyes.
The genocidal stuff is in Arabic. "al mawt al yahood"...or as might sound more familiar to those of you residing in the Great Satan..."Death to the Jews!"
Keep in mind that this is all coming from Western, American-Muslim university students who do not hesitate to enjoy modern conveniences like cell phones, iPods, clothing, etc.
Sep '10
Re: You Tell Me What's Really Happening
Iran and Islamists are increasing their influence in the region. How much of it is by design and how much by chance may produce interesting conversation, but in the end is not important.
May '10
Re: You Tell Me What's Really Happening
My impression is that Egypt is not another Iran, or even Lebanon in the making. The place is too large, too poor, and doesn't have enough developed-world wealth and resources to slingshot that far. Iran had oil wealth and Western wealth to subsidize what happened beginning in 1979; and that's with the huge amount of money Egypt receives from the West, and the US. My guess is that the military will take over, and run the place for a good long time.
And yes, I have zero official expertise in the area.