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Tierra_y_Libertad

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19. Yep. Under the guise of "Protecting our vital national interests".

Reply to EFerrari (Reply #18)

Sun Jun 24, 2012, 02:59 PM

Jun 2012

Which worked ever so well in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Not to mention the long, long, list of other countries we've helped with "advisers", "intelligence gathering", rendition, torture, assassinations, and other assorted acts of Imperial Benevolence.

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Lets hope for the best for the Egyptian people [View all] NNN0LHI Jun 2012 OP

What did people expect? Egypt is a Muslim country. MineralMan Jun 2012 #1

To be accurate this wasn't an election. It was a runoff for an election that occurred months ago NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #2

A runoff election is still an election. MineralMan Jun 2012 #4

You do know there's electoral formats other than the one the US uses, right? Posteritatis Jun 2012 #26

Allahu Akbar is a pretty much standard Muslim greeting or farewell expression. dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #3

Yup. Why do so many think it's some sort of battle cry? MineralMan Jun 2012 #6

I'm not crazy about it, but this is no surprise. cynatnite Jun 2012 #5

By systematically dismantling the only secular alternative - Arab socialism - this is what we get: leveymg Jun 2012 #7

Those regimes were "socialist" in name only. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #10

Jeez, you take that to be "praise so much?" leveymg Jun 2012 #11

Sorry, "praise" was probably an unfair word to use. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #17

With enough petrodollars to burn, any system can work for a while. Backwards or forwards. leveymg Jun 2012 #20

I've come to believe a MB in a position of power is actually the best hope for Egypt. Robb Jun 2012 #8

That is pretty much what the author of this article thinks too NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #9

Yep. The young more liberal people are not going to keep quiet. tabatha Jun 2012 #12

Better yet. Let's leave their future up to the Egyption people. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #13

One is not mutually exclusive of the other NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #14

We're still "helping" them by supporting the junta. EFerrari Jun 2012 #18

Yep. Under the guise of "Protecting our vital national interests". Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #19

The MB has repeatedly shown its willingness to negotiate EFerrari Jun 2012 #15

Voila -- EFerrari Jun 2012 #25

Fyi, it's the Salafis, not the MB, who are the Islamic extremists in Egypt: EFerrari Jun 2012 #16

Not really distinct - UBL's al-Qaeda emerged from MAK, an Egyptian/PAL splinter group run by the CIA leveymg Jun 2012 #21

That's right but I notice Egyptians today talk about the MB and the Salafis EFerrari Jun 2012 #22

Salafi refers more specifically to the Saudi-backed jihadis while MB retains some pan-Sunni identity leveymg Jun 2012 #23

Thanks. That makes the relationship a lot clearer. n/t EFerrari Jun 2012 #24

Tacked a PS onto my comment above. leveymg Jun 2012 #27

Really interesting article. Bookmarking that one. Thanks. nt riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #28

This is a link to pics from a Cairo based reporter that were retweeted by Alaa today: EFerrari Jun 2012 #29

I didn't see any women in any of those pics. Skip Intro Jun 2012 #30