Egypt

jthomas1600 · 02-09-2011, 12:27 PM

GOP leader: Stop radical Islam in Egypt - Politics - Capitol Hill - msnbc.com

I found that article to be interesting on a couple of fronts. First I found thes statement encouraging

GOP leaders have privately urged members of the rank and file not to second-guess Obama's approach to the crisis, in which hundreds of thousands of Egyptians have staged demonstrations demanding that President Hosni Mubarak surrender power.

Asked about criticism leveled recently by another Republican lawmaker, Cantor said, it would not be "helpful for this President, who is having a tough enough time as it is, to have 535 members of Congress to opine on his conduct of foreign policy."

Of course then Cantor went on to say this..

"I think the primary goal should be to stop the spread of radical Islam. That is where our focus should be," he said.

So it's good to see Republicans advocating patience and support of the Presidents foreign policies, but I think there are some (right or wrong I don't know) who will be resistant to say the least of any Islamic government.

**DaGeek** · 02-10-2011, 01:17 PM

Is anyone else waiting for Mubarak's supposed live address? It's about twenty minutes late already... But supposedly it should be starting soon.

YouTube - AlJazeeraEnglish's Channel - Live Feed

JerryLove · 02-10-2011, 05:40 PM

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How about stopping the muslim brotherhood from creating a radical Islamist regime, because Mubarak l, even though he is a dictator, he was relatively cooperative with the U.S. I'm sure that the Muslim brotherhood would not be as such

That was the thinking in Iran in the 70s IIRC... it was also why we supported Saddam, and The Mujahadeen (Osama BinLaden in Afghanistan) in the 80s.

Bryan · 02-11-2011, 09:55 AM

Mubarak steps down.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/11...emonstrations/

jthomas1600 · 02-11-2011, 05:33 PM

Iranians Support Egypt During Celebration of Their Revolution - TIME

According to Ahmadinejad the revolution in Egypt is a step towards a new middle east. A middle east where Israel does not exist. I see a lot of people celebrating the recent events, but until we see what happens next I think celebration is a little premature.

JerryLove · 02-11-2011, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jthomas1600

According to Ahmadinejad the revolution in Egypt is a step towards a new middle east. A middle east where Israel does not exist. I see a lot of people celebrating the recent events, but until we see what happens next I think celebration is a little premature.

Iran is getting flack for suppressing in their own country exactly what they lauded in Egypt.

Bryan · 02-12-2011, 01:57 PM

yea, when I read the article about Iran praising the Egyptian people I was appalled.

jthomas1600 · 02-12-2011, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JerryLove

Iran is getting flack for suppressing in their own country exactly what they lauded in Egypt.

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Originally Posted by Bryan

yea, when I read the article about Iran praising the Egyptian people I was appalled.

The more articles I've read stating that mostly free nations are applauding Egypt and many totalitarian nations are actually censoring the news and pretending this didn't happen the more I'm thinking this is just Ahmadinejad trying to put some kind of spin on this that will benefit him. Sometimes he says things that just make no sense. Hopefully this is one of those times and Egypt will not end up being a nation that shares his views and goals for that region.

JerryLove · 02-12-2011, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jthomas1600

The more articles I've read stating that mostly free nations are applauding Egypt and many totalitarian nations are actually censoring the news and pretending this didn't happen the more I'm thinking this is just Ahmadinejad trying to put some kind of spin on this that will benefit him. Sometimes he says things that just make no sense. Hopefully this is one of those times and Egypt will not end up being a nation that shares his views and goals for that region.

Egypt has relatively little in common with Iran.

jthomas1600 · 02-12-2011, 06:58 PM

They could have almost nothing in common yet if the one thing they did have in common was the desire and a goal to eradicate Israel many would see that as problematic.

Interesting the original question was kind of "to what extent should the US be involved". I'm seeing that we are giving them about 1.3 billion annually as military aid and it's dependent upon them honoring their peace agreement with Israel.

Jfool · 02-12-2011, 11:21 PM

I read today that Mubarak is personally worth anywhere from 50 to 70 billion. I'm sure none of that came from our 1.3 annual check....

JerryLove · 02-13-2011, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jthomas1600

Interesting the original question was kind of "to what extent should the US be involved". I'm seeing that we are giving them about 1.3 billion annually as military aid and it's dependent upon them honoring their peace agreement with Israel.

Speaking of budget cuts....

Ax · 02-13-2011, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jfool

I read today that Mubarak is personally worth anywhere from 50 to 70 billion. I'm sure none of that came from our 1.3 annual check....

A very small percentage if any. 1.3 takes 38 years to become 50. I was under the impression that he was wealthy prior to assuming power from military contracts. His family was basically Halliburton of Egypt.

Demon_Hunter · 02-14-2011, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by doulos14

How about stopping the muslim brotherhood from creating a radical Islamist regime, because Mubarak l, even though he is a dictator, he was relatively cooperative with the U.S. I'm sure that the Muslim brotherhood would not be as such

What leads you to believe the Muslim Brotherhood would establish such a government?