What is Going on in Egypt?

**trick12** · February 12, 2011, 06:15:42 PM

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Come at me bro

**runningman** · February 12, 2011, 10:04:09 PM

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I'm happy you guys are happy that Mubarak is gone but having a military dictatorship sucks as well

**res0nat0r** · February 12, 2011, 10:05:56 PM

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it aint a dictatorship yet. put ur jump to conclusions mat away for the 100th time. kthx.

**floridaorange** · February 12, 2011, 11:52:30 PM

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**vinnie97** · February 13, 2011, 03:19:01 AM

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Thanks for the first...but I could really do without hearing Mr. Fair-weather Political Opportunist capitalize on this so-called historic day (it was merely a week ago he was expressing support for the ousted dictator).

**runningman** · February 13, 2011, 09:53:05 AM

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ya it's called a "Military dictatorship" meaning military has taken over the country.

**bobjuice** · February 13, 2011, 09:55:12 AM

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Maybe it's better to have your military running the country rather than someone else's military doing it by stealth though eh?

**88Mariner** · February 13, 2011, 10:06:34 AM

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Originally posted by vinnie97

Thanks for the first...but I could really do without hearing Mr. Fair-weather Political Opportunist capitalize on this so-called historic day (it was merely a week ago he was expressing support for the ousted dictator).

he wasn't there for the Iranians a few years ago. but now?

he's actually staying quite mum about this shit imo. he's letting the media talk him up as the savior of egyptian democracy. but in truth, i suspect he knows that the semblance of stability rests on a razors edge and can go quite sour very quickly. keeping mum, thus, prevents non-leftists from possibly jacking his quotes and using it against him.

Example:

Zero: "egypt is on a path to a new democracy thanks to my administrations hard work and commitment"
July 2012: "Mr. President, after the world watched as an egyptian officer and mubarak acolyte has continued the military control of egypt over the past year and a half, how do you reflect on your previous statement as taking ownership of the successful revolution and the dire situation that has continued these past months?"

i think you get the idea....

keeping cards close to his chest: being re-elected is more important than being praised for something he didn't do and which could haunt him down the road

**runningman** · February 13, 2011, 10:10:06 AM

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ya maybe Bob, or maybe the military is just keeping the status quo because where do you think all those tanks and weapons came from?

**88Mariner** · February 13, 2011, 10:13:07 AM

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Originally posted by bobjuice

Maybe it's better to have your military running the country rather than someone else's military doing it by stealth though eh?

that's not always true.

and lettuce be golden grahams, if one country stopped foreign aid and assistance to a specific country, another would step into its place.

i once believed ron paul was correct on this issue, but i've come to find that he's heavily short-sighted. he talks much of blowback in terms of our foreign policy, but never considers the blowback from inaction.

**88Mariner** · February 13, 2011, 10:15:11 AM

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Originally posted by runningman

ya maybe Bob, or maybe the military is just keeping the status quo because where do you think all those tanks and weapons came from?

if not from one source, then another. or several others in fact.

**runningman** · February 13, 2011, 10:23:12 AM

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oh so the US is just doing a service then. I see

**88Mariner** · February 13, 2011, 10:33:54 AM

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Originally posted by runningman

oh so the US is just doing a service then. I see

Let's break this down for a minute.

You condemn the United States for supplying Egypt with fairly above-average weapons over the past two decades.
You condemn the United States for sending foreign aid and ancillary assistance to Egypt over the same time period.

If it was not the United States who was doing this, and, instead, say, CHINA, for example, who was sending their own analogous (and copied) versions of our weapons, you'd be ok with this?

Oh wait, China is bad.

Instead, what if it was Russia/USSR who was supplying them? Still ok? Or not?

Ok, not them, what about UK? Oh wait, no not ok.

France? oh ..also not ok.

And so on down the line....

either you take arbitrary offense to a world superpower out-maneuvering other lesser countries, or you're just full of shit in thinking that Egypt was ever going to self-produce its own military equipment.

**runningman** · February 13, 2011, 10:37:38 AM

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No I wouldn't be ok with that either. I just want the US to mind its own business for once. Just once I would like to hear something happened in the world and it has nothing to do with the US. Thats what I want.

**runningman** · February 13, 2011, 10:48:02 AM

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the military just suspended the constitution.

Well that sounds like good news.

What is Going on in Egypt?

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