Comments on: Egypt: breaking some eggs

By: Sergey

Sergey — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:55:15 +0000

The next shoes to fall would be civil unrests in Central Asia republics: Kazakhstan, Usbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgizstan. Oh, this already happened. God help us all!

By: gs

gs — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:32:01 +0000

No one foresaw this; no one. Yes and no, Neo. That this particular shoe would drop, of course I didn't foresee. That some shoe or other would drop was well overdue. And it feels highly unlikely that this shoe will be the only one.

By: Parker

Parker — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:15:20 +0000

Plenty of great posts on this thread and interesting links. Thanks for expressing ideas and opinions that help me think through the ramifications of this crisis and new info to help me separate the wheat from the chaff.

The Caroline Glick piece in the Jerusalem Post was of particular interest to me. The Israelis are the ones who are on the front line if Egypt (and other arab states) go to the jihad loons.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:45:24 +0000

It’s a waste to see the efforts and product from the investment in Iraq and Afghanistan end up in the trash elsewhere.

By: ziontruth

ziontruth — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:27:16 +0000

Tom, "Some in Israel are undoubtedly again beating their heads against the Wailing Wall: 'We had the Sinai, and we gave it back??' " Yes. Though, speaking for myself, I'm not wailing, I'm angry. Angry that we paid in hard cash (land, and oil-rich at that) for decades of bubbling hatred (cartoons in the Egyptian newspapers that would make Julius Streicher proud) that's now shedding all formal pretense; AND we're going to be blamed for Mubarak's dictatorship (go here for a characteristic sample from the usual Leftist suspects). For the sake of our hostess, I'm being very restrained in expressing what I'm really thinking right now.

By: expat

expat — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:08:36 +0000

Claudia Rosett talks about El Baradei:

http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/please-not-el-baradei/

By: Sergey

Sergey — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:05:02 +0000

Caroline Glick take:
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=205559

By: expat

expat — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:00:34 +0000

The gullible Europeans will fall for whatever El Baradei throws at them, so we can’t expect much in terms of partners in resisting MB takeover even if BO should decide to support more secular forces or at least help them have a voice.

One thing that is different in this round of the clash of civilizations is modern communications. In some ways, we may eventually experience an Islamic equivalence of the Tea Party, not in demonstrations or rallies, but in awareness of other points of view. Just as the internet awakened many Americans to the one-sidedness of MSM reporting, perhaps young Muslims (and not just those of the upper and professional classes) will start to question the wisdom received from their betters. Perhaps they will be just as fed up with the condescension as Americans are.

By: rickl

rickl — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:18:07 +0000

jeg Says:
January 30th, 2011 at 1:41 pm

Many have suggested that the Obama administration will be Jimmy Carters second term.

My guess is that we will soon find ourselves longing for the days of Carter.

Carter was (arguably) a patriotic American, albeit foolish and misguided. We have no such illusions about Obama.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:58:24 +0000

El-baradei is doing and will do as he’s told by MB; he didn’t just fly in on the wings of hope.Like the lady riding the tiger, once on, can’t get off.

The big ? boils down to the military. If the military goes with MB, nothing much will happen in the short term. Baraq will not reduce our $2B/yr bribe to them either, no matter what. I expect Suez Canal transit fees will go up.

Some in Israel are undoubtedly again beating their heads against the Wailing Wall: “We had the Sinai, and we gave it back??”