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Posts concerning Egypt’s revolution

Saudis Warn of Split With US

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[pullquote]the real message here is that we are already no longer on good working terms[/pullquote]It is remarkable that al-Faisal wrote this in the New York Times.  Why on earth should is be so public?  If the United States had a working relationship with Saudi Arabia, this would never have seen the light of day.  President Obama has estranged more allies in four (good Lord, THREE)  years than the previous thirty years of American government.  Mark my words: the real message here is that we are already no longer on good working terms, and it has little to do with Israel, and everything to do with the way the President treats allies who are insufficiently worshipful of His Serene Excellency Colonel Obama.

WASHINGTON — The United States must back a … Continue reading →

Robert Fisk: The Unbearable Uselessness of Obama

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Infamous columnist Robert Fisk has an interesting piece on the uselessness of Obama:

Amid all these vast and epic events – Yemen itself may yet prove to be the biggest bloodbath of all, while the number of Syria’s “martyrs” have now exceeded the victims of Mubarak’s death squads five months ago – is it any surprise that the frolics of Messrs Netanyahu and Obama appear so irrelevant? Indeed, Obama’s policy towards the Middle East – whatever it is – sometimes appears so muddled that it is scarcely worthy of study

all quotes in this post via Who cares in the Middle East what Obama says? – Robert Fisk, Commentators – The Independent

He is right and wrong.  He rightfully points out that the US position has been … Continue reading →

This One's For Khaled

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Here’s the man behind Egypt’s revolution:
khaled
This is Khaled Said. He’s not an activist.  He’s not an organizer. He’s dead.

Egyptian police beat him to death.   Don’t go if you can’t hack it.   That picture is a large part of what brought Mubarak low, and continues to reverberate.

So yes, worry about extremists taking over, but do not make the mistake of thinking that the protesters in Egypt are a bunch of idiots led by extremists, or a bunch of extremists themselves. What they are is sick of being abused by an unwanted government. And that’s a good thing, right?

It’s not my revolution, so I don’t get to dedicate it.  Wasn’t … Continue reading →

Response to SandMonkey

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I have placed a response on my own blog, as I am unable to post a long comment on yours:
Sandmonkey article here.

Glad you are well.  This is “afghanmoon” from Twitter, an American who has served in Afghanistan.
I support you brave patriots completely in your quest to free yourself of a government which is no longer acceptable to you.  This is Freedom at its core.  Governments often have a different take, extending from narrow self-interest and love of power on one end, down to an enfeebling paternal “benevolent” dictatorship on the other.  But not as far as allowing the people themselves to actually select their own form and fill of government.

I believe that the involvement of Saudi … Continue reading →

Why I Support The Egyptian Protesters

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I am a Tea-Party conservative, and I support the Egyptian protesters.

First, I refer you to my motto: Freedom is wasted on him who will not make others free.  Everything else is details, which begin here:

  • I feel that for the United States to not support the protesters is morally repugnant and strategically counterproductive.
  • I feel that President Mubarak should step down, that an experienced interim, caretaker successor should succeed him, and that neither man should stand in the regularly scheduled election next September.
  • I feel that this will create an opportunity for (not guarantee) a real democratic structure to emerge and solidify over time.
  • I feel that the immediate threat to Egyptian liberty is their current government which the United States seems to support but I do … Continue reading →

President Obama, say the 'D-Word' – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

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President Obama, say the ‘D-Word’ – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

This is the conclusion of an article by Mark Levine, Professor of History at UC Irvine. The point he makes is the point I have been making all across Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/afghanmoon), which is that America is failing its first test of Global Counterinsurgency, handed to us at a cost of zero. If we cannot bring ourselves to take the plunge and support the citizens in Cairo and Alexandria struggling to shake off their dictator, then nowehere in the world for a quarter century will our words of “freedom” or “democracy” be believed. We are losing the Long War right now in Egypt, not Afghanistan, not Iraq.

A gift that won’t be offered again
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