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another_liberal

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5. Hasn't that been done before?
Sat Aug 17, 2013, 08:59 AM
Aug 2013

The Brotherhood was banned for fifty years or more, and as soon as they got a chance they won Egypt's first democratic election.

The "Interim Prime Minster" (read as, "the generals' lackey&quot can do all of the "dissolving" he wants, the Muslim Brotherhood is still not very likely to liquefy for him.

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Seems ok since it wasn't a Coup after all JCMach1 Aug 2013 #1
++1,000. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #2
They're trying to box clever dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #3
"Legally?" Scootaloo Aug 2013 #4
Hasn't that been done before? another_liberal Aug 2013 #5
This thing is getting RiverNoord Aug 2013 #6
Anti-Morsi youth groups . . . another_liberal Aug 2013 #8
You keep comparing John2 Aug 2013 #11
Actually, try educating your children the way you want even in some states. Igel Aug 2013 #17
I'll be honest. As a woman, I find it impossible to see the fundamentalist "point of view" MH1 Aug 2013 #30
How about the women among those who were trapped in the Mosque? another_liberal Aug 2013 #31
You're talking about two different things leftynyc Aug 2013 #34
once again what about the women who were killed for supporting MB? azurnoir Aug 2013 #35
I mourn ALL the people killed, leftynyc Aug 2013 #44
Ah so you deem yourself the one knowing what Egyptian women what? azurnoir Aug 2013 #45
Spare me leftynyc Aug 2013 #47
I support democracy and leaders who are chosen by the ballot box. another_liberal Aug 2013 #41
I am sorry to see any violence perpetrated on anyone MH1 Aug 2013 #39
Guilt by association is a pretty awful reason to condemn innocent people. another_liberal Aug 2013 #42
Nice excuse for mass murder. And way to deny those Egyptian women any agency whatsoever. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #49
You don't have to be sorry at all. Less than ten percent of the country supports them. MADem Aug 2013 #36
Unsound reasoning dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #37
There were no shortage of candidates, but even at that, there was little turnout. MADem Aug 2013 #38
Yes, many women and most LGBT's don't see the fundamentalist POV. Zorra Aug 2013 #46
The vast majority of Egyptians . . . another_liberal Aug 2013 #29
There are many shades of Islam, just as there are of Christianity MH1 Aug 2013 #40
Neither was the Moslem Brotherhood. happyslug Sep 2013 #50
I don't know if they were used in the sense that the military pushed them to protest karynnj Aug 2013 #14
I did not mean to say the Morsi government was illegal. Far from it! another_liberal Aug 2013 #28
I'm sorry - it is my really bad usage of "you" in the last paragraph that made it sound like that karynnj Aug 2013 #33
You claim it John2 Aug 2013 #13
Gotcha. Igel Aug 2013 #18
You got John2 Aug 2013 #24
Um... dude - you don't have a clue. RiverNoord Sep 2013 #48
Wonder where they got an idea like that! ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #7
Where was Al Qaeda John2 Aug 2013 #12
"Where was Al Qaeda" before the USA invaded? NOT in Iraq. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #16
It is because John2 Aug 2013 #26
Yes and no. Igel Aug 2013 #21
Yet another Middle Eastern country East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 #9
Yup. Igel Aug 2013 #22
Right now sounds good to the Copts. jessie04 Aug 2013 #10
It would be a prelude. Igel Aug 2013 #27
Egyptian youth leader backs army in battle with Brotherhood Bosonic Aug 2013 #15
Here are your "liberal" friends of democracy. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #19
Again: "In Egypt, the liberals aren't democrats and the democrats aren't liberals." Igel Aug 2013 #25
We all know this is not going to end well. n/t Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #20
That'll stop Egypt's poor from wanting to vote! /nt Ash_F Aug 2013 #23
Good luck with that! elleng Aug 2013 #32
Muslim Brotherhood has been in existence since 1928. Good Luck with the dissolution. no_hypocrisy Aug 2013 #43
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