December 28, 201213 yr I don't know if anybody has been following the news in Egypt recently. I know we had a 'Syria' thread, but couldn't really find anything about Egypt. Egypt opposition leaders face 'incitement' probe '...and so it begins' I suppose few people are truly surprised. The old dictator is gone and a new dictator starts consolidating power by persecuting the opposition leaders and removing them. Question is, are islamist dictators an improvement over secular dictators? I would put my bets on 'Not'. Will Egypt become the next Iran? I suppose the only thing preventing them from joining forces is the insurmountable barrier of their differences (Shiite/Sunni). “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
December 28, 201213 yr I don't know if anybody has been following the news in Egypt recently. I know we had a 'Syria' thread, but couldn't really find anything about Egypt. Egypt opposition leaders face 'incitement' probe '...and so it begins' I suppose few people are truly surprised. The old dictator is gone and a new dictator starts consolidating power by persecuting the opposition leaders and removing them. Question is, are islamist dictators an improvement over secular dictators? I would put my bets on 'Not'. Will Egypt become the next Iran? I suppose the only thing preventing them from joining forces is the insurmountable barrier of their differences (Shiite/Sunni). I think it's a given to Westerners that Islamist dictators are worse than secular dictators, but I doubt much of the Muslim Brotherhood shares our concerns. The irony, of course, being that it was Mubarak's Western-backed regime and oppression of the Muslim Brotherhood that drove them to extremism in the first place. Yes, they were a conservative muslim group before, but after they got secret-police'd and tortured in Mubarak's prisons they tended to come out a lot more inclined to violence than when they went in. al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian physician when he went in and a ripe recruit for al-Qaeda when he came out.
December 28, 201213 yr Everything as planned. Considering Muslim Brotherhood as example of Islamic faction is not correct. They are backed by Nazi during World War II and fully controlled by MI6/CIA after war. http://youtu.be/9vwc-_ITIKQ Their Islam is so Islam.
December 29, 201213 yr Will Egypt become the next Iran? I suppose the only thing preventing them from joining forces is the insurmountable barrier of their differences (Shiite/Sunni). Interesting question.. But I think it's more than that, Egypt has since the 1880's developed a more and more distinct (and often western'ish) culture, ranging from liberalism to Nasserism/Arab Socialism. Religion is simply the only thing the opposition had in common during the dictator years, but now they're in power it's not going to take much of a push before the brotherhood splinters into several smaller factions. They've never had power since their inception in the '20s and their political platform has only recently been established - and that's starting to show as it's about as vague as centrist trying to talk to both right and left wingers at the same time Fortune favors the bald.
December 29, 201213 yr Gonna be a hoot when they'll try to blow up the pyramids. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
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