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2011-02-12 Africa North

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-12 14:49|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 What a crock. if the Egyptian Army were going to do something about the MB, they would have done so during the Mubarak regime so they could blame it on him after they threw him out. But they threw him out before doing anything more than take pictures. They know which way the wind is blowing and what is happening to the Turkish military. Look for a Dinnerjacket victory tour to Cairo, Beirut and Istanbul in the summer of 12.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-02-12 16:30|| 2011-02-12 16:30|| Front Page Top

#2 the MB was always halfway-stamped-down, so that they could be used for appeal for aid from Uncle. Après moi le déluge is a expedient threat to stay in power. Hosni could've crushed them in their sleep, but they have always been more useful as a boogeyman. Now, don't let them get out of hand

Posted by Frank G 2011-02-12 17:07|| 2011-02-12 17:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Hosni could've crushed them in their sleep, but they have always been more useful as a boogeyman. Now, don't let them get out of hand

That's never made much sense to me. That's like saying Turkey could have crushed the Islamists that are now re-appearing there. The difficulty that Muslim governments have in dealing with Islamists has to do with the fact that Islamists always outbreed their less prolific moderate counterparts, and Islamism continues to be an ideology that the coercive/persuasive powers of the state cannot fully displace, at least in Muslim countries. While Westernized elites in Muslim countries are doing things not too different from ordinary Westerners, the lower classes are breeding like rabbits. This is how Turkey turned from a religion-denying secular state to one where head scarves are becoming a common sight. Demographics is destiny.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-02-12 22:15|| 2011-02-12 22:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Hosni could've crushed them in their sleep, but they have always been more useful as a boogeyman.

Russians have been stamping out "Islamism" among their Muslim subjects for 150 years. The moment Russian empire (Sov. U.) went bust, these Muslims immediately went back to their Islamist habits---it a matter on Nature, not Nurture.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-12 22:43|| 2011-02-12 22:43|| Front Page Top

#5 "of Nature"

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-12 22:44|| 2011-02-12 22:44|| Front Page Top

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