Latest Breaking News

RiverNoord

(1,150 posts)

6. This thing is getting

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 09:07 AM

Aug 2013

uglier and uglier. When you 'dissolve' a popular political group/former major dissident group, you create a guerrilla army. Of course, this would be convenient for the military, as it thinks it could handle it, and a major bogeyman is needed to support the publicly stated bases of the coup...

It was unbelievably naive for 'youth movements' to ask the military to depose the legitimately elected president of the country (of course, one elected during a theoretical period of transition from military to civilian rule). It's like asking a lion to move in to protect you from your pet dog that barks a lot and pees in the corner every now and then.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

50 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Egypt considers dissolving Muslim Brotherhood [View all] dipsydoodle Aug 2013 OP

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