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2005-01-01 Africa: North

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-01 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ya' wanna modernize Egypt's educational system, Hosni-baby?

THEN START TEACHING THE HISTORICAL TRUTH INSTEAD OF THE HATEFUL CRAP YOU TEACH NOW.

It would be a start.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-01-01 12:13:56 AM|| 2005-01-01 12:13:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey! Barb! one step at a time! Your suggestion is a little drastic...First? ..lunch :-)

Posted by Hosni M 2005-01-01 12:53:09 AM|| 2005-01-01 12:53:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Modernisation does not mean throwing away the past, alienating ourselves from our great civilisations and forgetting our deeply-entrenched values and traditions," said Mubarak.

Sure enough, Hoser. When building pyramids comes back into vogue again, your engineering lads will be in the catbird seat for sure. Until then, you might want to consider dropping some of your stone-age ways like a live grenade.

It sure must be difficult counting all those aid dollars that you get from us while you're trying to lead another rousing cheer of, "America is the Great Satan!"

PS: BIG FREE CLUE.

The only thing that all those Palestinian tunnels really undermine is Egypt's credibility regarding peace with Israel.

Posted by Zenster 2005-01-01 1:29:21 AM|| 2005-01-01 1:29:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Ok, Gedankenexperiment here (that'll piss 'em off straight away) - think about Egypt. What comes to mind....Cleopatra? (she was Greek), Napoleon invading and trying to run the place (until we buggered his Navy - snigger) ?- ok ok, he came away with superb drawings and a whole new line in fashion, Aswan dam? - paid for by the UN, Tutankhamun? (found by Carter - an Englishman).

There's a clue in the last one - the only thing that Egypt means to most people is what happened 4000+ years ago. Ok, lets be generous, 3000+ years ago. Old Kingdom (awesome), New Kingdom (great), Ptolemaic (hanging on), leading to Roman rule. Then the Arabs turned up and ruined it all.

Hmmm.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-01-01 1:49:32 AM|| 2005-01-01 1:49:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hosni has been the Rais (literally head) for 20+ years now --- which, in the Arab world, means he's been surrounded by sycophants (some indigenous; others = visiting Western dignitaries). No wonder his grip on reality is a bit shaky. He really believes that his mismanaged, overpopulated to the edge of collapse, psychotically backward country is a regional superpower AND a factor in world politics.

Posted by gromgorru 2005-01-01 6:50:09 AM|| 2005-01-01 6:50:09 AM|| Front Page Top

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