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2012-01-23 Africa North

EGYPT: After the Arab Spring comes the raw heat of popular Islamism

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Posted by tipper 2012-01-23 06:32|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 One man, one vote, once.

It's the Chicago way. For all intents and purposes Hitler was democratically elected as have been many dictators and tyrants. Islam is so horrible because this snake doesn't have just one head that you have to out live.

Posted by AlanC 2012-01-23 09:24|| 2012-01-23 09:24|| Front Page Top

#2 After the "Arab Spring" metaphors run wild.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-01-23 10:38|| 2012-01-23 10:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Its interesting to note that the youngsters who did most of the work in unseating Mubarak the ones whose idealism led many naifs in the West to refer to The Arab Spring won 3.5% of the vote.
Says it all, really.

Posted by tipper 2012-01-23 13:35|| 2012-01-23 13:35|| Front Page Top

#4 young men fight old men's wars

Posted by 746 2012-01-23 14:08|| 2012-01-23 14:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Does the new regime still subsidize the average Egyptian's food and energy? (really its a good question)...

Posted by Water Modem 2012-01-23 15:08|| 2012-01-23 15:08|| Front Page Top

#6 young men fight old men's wars

How so, 746, when the old men were satisfied with the status quo? The young men were the ones unable to find jobs and therefore marriages -- this war, such as it was, was theirs alone. And even then, only a few want Western-style democracy and individual freedom; the majority, if the balloting is to be believed, prefer to restablish the caliphate.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-01-23 15:36|| 2012-01-23 15:36|| Front Page Top

#7 P. J. O'Rourke: "It is not until you have had a teen-aged son that you understand why old men start wars and send young men to fight them."

Posted by Steve White 2012-01-23 16:37|| 2012-01-23 16:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Does the new regime still subsidize the average Egyptian's food and energy?

Yes. They even increased the subsidies not long ago, because prices have gone up.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-01-23 21:29|| 2012-01-23 21:29|| Front Page Top

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