OT – What’s your take on Egypt and the Middle East

[CDMA ENG]

[quote=EconProf]While its great sport to demonize Hosni Mubarak, let’s keep some history in mind. For three decades he has cooperated with the US and Israel, and enforced the peace accord his predecessor, Anwar Sadat worked out. In the roughly three decades before the peace agreement, Egypt fought four wars with Israel. Let’s hope and pray Egypt does not go the way of Iran after the Shah. America once had high hopes for Iran during its revolution and before the extremists took over.[/quote]

Very good point but it sounds like the ppl want change. Let’s hope that change is the kind that is peaceful and open.

I am sure the Israelis are keeping the motors warm on thier tanks and jets until they know which it is.

CE

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As much as Fox News would like it to be true, Egypt is not Iran.

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As much as Fox News would like it to be true, Egypt is not Iran.

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As much as Fox News would like it to be true, Egypt is not Iran.

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As much as Fox News would like it to be true, Egypt is not Iran.

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As much as Fox News would like it to be true, Egypt is not Iran.

[Jazzman]

We don’t really know what is going on, and it’s academic to try and understand from afar. You need to be in the thick of it fully to appreciate some the intricacies, nuances and tensions within what we call the middle-east. All we know is a group of people are rising up against their government, and it is appears to be contagion. The rest of the world can only wait and hope.

[Jazzman]

We don’t really know what is going on, and it’s academic to try and understand from afar. You need to be in the thick of it fully to appreciate some the intricacies, nuances and tensions within what we call the middle-east. All we know is a group of people are rising up against their government, and it is appears to be contagion. The rest of the world can only wait and hope.

[Jazzman]

We don’t really know what is going on, and it’s academic to try and understand from afar. You need to be in the thick of it fully to appreciate some the intricacies, nuances and tensions within what we call the middle-east. All we know is a group of people are rising up against their government, and it is appears to be contagion. The rest of the world can only wait and hope.

[Jazzman]

We don’t really know what is going on, and it’s academic to try and understand from afar. You need to be in the thick of it fully to appreciate some the intricacies, nuances and tensions within what we call the middle-east. All we know is a group of people are rising up against their government, and it is appears to be contagion. The rest of the world can only wait and hope.

[Jazzman]

We don’t really know what is going on, and it’s academic to try and understand from afar. You need to be in the thick of it fully to appreciate some the intricacies, nuances and tensions within what we call the middle-east. All we know is a group of people are rising up against their government, and it is appears to be contagion. The rest of the world can only wait and hope.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=5yes]I am very concerned. Something is going on that is way deeper than what we see on the news.
So what is going on exactly? Anyone else have any ideas outside of the mainstream media blathering? Does Israel want the Suez canal? Do we? Or is there something else driving this?[/quote]

FOOD. Pay particular attention to nations like Saudi Arabia and Indonesia stockpiling grain, and making ag purchases that are treble or quadruple anything they’ve done before.

You’re seeing a new kind of resource war emerge, and this has nothing to do with raw materials or oil. If you watch the Fox or CNN reportage carefully, you’ll notice mention of the cost of food skyrocketing in places like Cairo and Alexandria.

If I’m Saudi Arabia, or Indonesia, I’m paying very close attention right now. And, you can bet your ass, so is China. China has banned news of the Egyptian uprising within its borders. You cannot even search the word “Egypt” there right now.

Personally, I could give a shit if any of these assholes is friendly to the US or not. We should have learned our lesson from the Shah of Iran, or Marcos, or Somoza, or Batista. You can only pull this oppressive, totalitarian shit for so long, before you find yourself swinging from a lamp-post. If the Muslim Brotherhood thinks they can do a better job, let ’em try.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=5yes]I am very concerned. Something is going on that is way deeper than what we see on the news.
So what is going on exactly? Anyone else have any ideas outside of the mainstream media blathering? Does Israel want the Suez canal? Do we? Or is there something else driving this?[/quote]

FOOD. Pay particular attention to nations like Saudi Arabia and Indonesia stockpiling grain, and making ag purchases that are treble or quadruple anything they’ve done before.

You’re seeing a new kind of resource war emerge, and this has nothing to do with raw materials or oil. If you watch the Fox or CNN reportage carefully, you’ll notice mention of the cost of food skyrocketing in places like Cairo and Alexandria.

If I’m Saudi Arabia, or Indonesia, I’m paying very close attention right now. And, you can bet your ass, so is China. China has banned news of the Egyptian uprising within its borders. You cannot even search the word “Egypt” there right now.

Personally, I could give a shit if any of these assholes is friendly to the US or not. We should have learned our lesson from the Shah of Iran, or Marcos, or Somoza, or Batista. You can only pull this oppressive, totalitarian shit for so long, before you find yourself swinging from a lamp-post. If the Muslim Brotherhood thinks they can do a better job, let ’em try.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=5yes]I am very concerned. Something is going on that is way deeper than what we see on the news.
So what is going on exactly? Anyone else have any ideas outside of the mainstream media blathering? Does Israel want the Suez canal? Do we? Or is there something else driving this?[/quote]

FOOD. Pay particular attention to nations like Saudi Arabia and Indonesia stockpiling grain, and making ag purchases that are treble or quadruple anything they’ve done before.

You’re seeing a new kind of resource war emerge, and this has nothing to do with raw materials or oil. If you watch the Fox or CNN reportage carefully, you’ll notice mention of the cost of food skyrocketing in places like Cairo and Alexandria.

If I’m Saudi Arabia, or Indonesia, I’m paying very close attention right now. And, you can bet your ass, so is China. China has banned news of the Egyptian uprising within its borders. You cannot even search the word “Egypt” there right now.

Personally, I could give a shit if any of these assholes is friendly to the US or not. We should have learned our lesson from the Shah of Iran, or Marcos, or Somoza, or Batista. You can only pull this oppressive, totalitarian shit for so long, before you find yourself swinging from a lamp-post. If the Muslim Brotherhood thinks they can do a better job, let ’em try.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=5yes]I am very concerned. Something is going on that is way deeper than what we see on the news.
So what is going on exactly? Anyone else have any ideas outside of the mainstream media blathering? Does Israel want the Suez canal? Do we? Or is there something else driving this?[/quote]

FOOD. Pay particular attention to nations like Saudi Arabia and Indonesia stockpiling grain, and making ag purchases that are treble or quadruple anything they’ve done before.

You’re seeing a new kind of resource war emerge, and this has nothing to do with raw materials or oil. If you watch the Fox or CNN reportage carefully, you’ll notice mention of the cost of food skyrocketing in places like Cairo and Alexandria.

If I’m Saudi Arabia, or Indonesia, I’m paying very close attention right now. And, you can bet your ass, so is China. China has banned news of the Egyptian uprising within its borders. You cannot even search the word “Egypt” there right now.

Personally, I could give a shit if any of these assholes is friendly to the US or not. We should have learned our lesson from the Shah of Iran, or Marcos, or Somoza, or Batista. You can only pull this oppressive, totalitarian shit for so long, before you find yourself swinging from a lamp-post. If the Muslim Brotherhood thinks they can do a better job, let ’em try.

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