Does this sound like the statement of a group with little clout and few followers? [emphasis mine]: Egypt’s largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, said it would begin talks Sunday with the government to try to end the country’s political … Continue reading →
…the MSM scoured every Tea Party vigilantly for posters that exhibited any trace of racism and were disappointed to find almost none, and yet they seem to be mostly ignoring these seemingly commonplace anti-Semitic posters among the anti-Mubarak Egyptian demonstrators. … Continue reading →
It strikes me that I have a very different attitude towards what is going on in Egypt right now than I would have if I were younger and hadn’t witnessed the media coverage of the 1979 revolution in Iran. I’m … Continue reading →
Our Arab allies (yes, we have them) are miffed that President Obama has been so eager to abandon Mubarak. It’s no surprise they feel this way. They understand that Obama’s actions mean they could be next, and they “fear the … Continue reading →
We’ve seen such demonstrations before, notably in Iran. But they were brief and flickered out after the government responded harshly. The same may ultimately occur in Egypt, but nevertheless there seems to be something different about the Egyptian demonstrations. The … Continue reading →
Michael Totten has an important must-read interview with Iranian exile Abbas Milani, professor at Stanford, who discusses the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution that led to the present theocracy there, and how it might relate to Egypt today. Here’s Milani … Continue reading →
In my previous post for today, I called those who discount the jihadist intent of the Muslim Brotherhood fools and useful idiots. But it occurs to me that they might instead be knaves. Or both. It’s the age-old question—although what … Continue reading →
Ever since the turmoil in Egypt began, I’ve been saying that no one knows what will happen there. That is still my position. But amidst all the speculation, I think we discount the possibility of an Islamist state at our … Continue reading →
Historian Andrew Roberts seems to be channeling neo-neocon. Not really. But this article of his on Egypt and revolutions sounds a number of themes I’ve been writing about in the last couple of days.
Continue reading →If I were Jimmy Carter, I think I’d keep my mouth shut on the subject of the current Egyptian unrest. But being Carter being Carter, that’s not happening: Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will … Continue reading →
Are Obama and Hillary Clinton becoming neo-neocons? Well, sort of: Asked if Washington supports Mubarak as Egypt’s leader, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton avoided a direct answer, telling Fox News in an interview, “We have been very clear that … Continue reading →
“Rumors are circulating everywhere. You don’t know what’s true and what’s not true.” That statement by Sharif Abdul Bakhi (my phonetic spelling), a man living on the outskirts of Cairo who was just interviewed on CNN, seems to say it … Continue reading →