Talk. I’m surprised there isn’t a thread already.
This could be a tremendous moment for the middle east in general. It will be very interesting to see where this goes and if any other countries follow because Egypt is such a central pillar amongst the different arab countries. The problem is that people seem to think a new government will pop in and it will get better. Democracy has to grow, institutions must be built and a culture of rule of law needs to be established in the country. Egypt as a whole will need to change over decades to truly become a free country. This isn’t going to be over by the end of the year , even if Mubarak steps down.
Whatever direction the country will lean in will likely be different from the current (or rather soon to be previous) government’s. It will significantly affect every aspect of how the US and Israel interact with others in the region.
There’s not much for me to say other than I hope whoever they get to replace the current president isn’t worse than the previous guy and that he doesn’t outright despise western civilization and/or Israel.
Frankly, we need someone to bring back the Crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt.
I don’t have much of an opinion on this, other than I hope it doesn’t get any worse over there. I was at the library bookstore earlier, and had to hear a spiel from the checkout lady about the friggin Apocalypse and Obama being the downfall of America, etc…I fuckin hate the midwest. -.-;
So what happened with Egypt? Don’t hate me for not knowing.
They’re having themselves a revolution, inspired by what started in Tunisia the other week.
What happened in Tunisia the other weak?
You see, some people live under rocks, I live under tectonic plates.
GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND, USE IT.
I did use it, and I didn’t find shit. I don’t go past page one. And what is wrong with answering my question anyway? Maybe I would rather here it from one of you guys.
Must be nice living in a bubble.
Well, to sum up for your convenience, there was a revolution in Tunisia, it spread to Egypt, and now most of the Arab world, northern Africa, leaders arel are sweating bullets. Not to mention Israel, because nobody knows what kind of governments will follow.
Israel doesn’t sweat bullets, Weilla. It fires them.
I’ve read that many of the most well organized Egyptican dissidents belong to a group called something like The Muslim Brotherhood. I’m sure if they came into power, it would probably be on a platform of anti-Israel. And if that were so, well, at least the US would no longer have to give Egypt $1.5 billion in foreign aid each year. We would probably just redirect it all straight to Jerusalem.
The muslim brotherhood didn’t come into the protests until late and they don’t count for any kind of significant majority.
gee a bunch of africans acting like savages burning their own shit down. color me surprised. just like in the 60’s when the blacks “rioted” by burning down their own neighborhoods and destroying their own people’s businesses. lol good job on that one guys. you really showed them there! it’s about time we locked down that aids infested continent and just let natural selection take its course.
Maybe now Egypt will now finally stop being in a state of emergency. It’s been, what, 30 years?
how could you possibly miss it?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world
http://www.google.com/#q=egypt&hl=en&prmd=ivnsum&source=lnms&tbs=nws:1&ei=ju1GTfHzLIXGswbl5aGjDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=4&ved=0CBwQ_AUoAw&fp=7277c93108171ecd
etc etc etc
it’s all over the news oO
That requires reading.
QFT.
From what I"ve read, the “revolution” is really a power struggle between elites, rather than a genuine uprising amongst the people. A younger generation of army officers, who have been locked out of power and wealth by Mubarak, now want their chance to rule the country.
I strongly doubt this will lead to real democracy or change in Egypt. Real change takes a long time - one grueling step after the next.
I also think that the demonstrators don’t represent the majority of Egyptians - who have to keep working their jobs and supporting themselves, rather than drop everything to go demonstrate. As in Iran, the demonstrators are probably educated, upper-class people…