Egypt unrest

[gwb72tii]

He's right we are a republic.

thank you

as far as egypt is concerned, apparently 3 weeks of protests in ONE city, by .0025 of the population, is a spontaneous uprising of the masses

nobody here knows whats going on, especially our amateur pres and his "intelligence" people

[tjts1]

He's right we are a republic.

And totally irrelevant to this subject.

as far as egypt is concerned, apparently 3 weeks of protests in ONE city, by .0025 of the population, is a spontaneous uprising of the masses

You're living under a rock.

[HarryPotter]

This guy is really doing his homework and keeping up with the latest threats!!!

[HarryPotter]

And totally irrelevant to this subject.


You're living under a rock.

If it was totally irrelevant then why did you feel the need to quote him and then post a "witty" sarcastic come back to his post? Hmmm..?

[gwb72tii]

And totally irrelevant to this subject.


You're living under a rock.

oh, am i?

tell me how the people of iran have benefited since the shah was overthrown?

tell me how the people of egypt will benefit under what our incredibly ignorant pres and his buddies claim is a "secular" muslim brotherhood?

somehow you live under a rock also

[HarryPotter]

Nah not a rock, just the blinders that liberals seem to keep on 24/7...Unless there is a shooting.

[joshh]

It's our media that is saying the Egyptians are fighting for Democracy when they are simply fighting against the treatment they have seen over the past millennia.
They simply want better treatment. And they should get it...but it will be in the form of Hamas type organizations more than likely.

[CorvallisBMW]

And what evidence do you have to suggest that they aren't fighting for democracy?

The hundreds of news interviews of Egyptian protesters saying they desperately want a true democracy leads me to believe that yes, they do want democracy. If you have some great insight or evidence to suggest that those hundreds of interviews are false, please present it.

Also, Egypt has roughly 80 million inhabitants. Most of the estimates I've read about the size of the protests run between 1 and 1.5 million people between Cairo and Alexandria. That's about 2% of the population ACTIVELY participating in the protests, probably backed by a large majority of the total population. The 0.25% estimate is a gross under-representation.

[mrsleeve]

And what evidence do you have to suggest that they aren't fighting for democracy?

The hundreds of news interviews of Egyptian protesters saying they desperately want a true democracy leads me to believe that yes, they do want democracy. If you have some great insight or evidence to suggest that those hundreds of interviews are false, please present it.

Also, Egypt has roughly 80 million inhabitants. Most of the estimates I've read about the size of the protests run between 1 and 1.5 million people between Cairo and Alexandria. That's about 2% of the population ACTIVELY participating in the protests, probably backed by a large majority of the total population. The 0.25% estimate is a gross under-representation.

Look up Iran 1979 you will find your answers there

[joshh]

Look up Iran 1979 you will find your answers there

Good answer.

I was going to say the future will be the proof. Because these people will be just fine with anyone else as president and they might even have it worse off and not complain. But either way it will not be a Democracy. That would be a true miracle.

[Dozyproductions]

He's right we are a republic.

yeah. I was bored and laming an attempt of sarcasm.

[Fusion]

What puzzles me is the fact that the US has been supporting Mubarak with billions and billions of dollars and now the media are calling him a terrorist dictator? Has he been a terroist dictator only since last month or for the last 30+ years? If the latter, why financially support a terrorist dictator for decades?
And then dress all that bullshit up as "democracy protests"? Come on...

[HarryPotter]

It's not a big deal, I just can't understand why some of you guys think there is so much good in this world. This place we live called earth is filled with terrible people. Unfortunately most of these terrible people run the countries that litter this earth. Call me a negative nancy, but it's blatantly obvious if you actually open your eyes.

[joshh]

What puzzles me is the fact that the US has been supporting Mubarak with billions and billions of dollars and now the media are calling him a terrorist dictator? Has he been a terroist dictator only since last month or for the last 30+ years? If the latter, why financially support a terrorist dictator for decades?
And then dress all that bullshit up as "democracy protests"? Come on...

The simple answer is he was our ally. He's not a terrorist to anyone other than his own people. At least not in the eyes of the US. We gave them billions to be "nice" to Israel basically.

[Fusion]

Oh, so that's how democracy works ;)