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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:52 PM Original message |
Let's Be Cautious About the Uprisings in the Middle East |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. should we continue to support Mubarak? n/t |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Egypt Under Mubarak Has Lived Up to the Camp David Accords |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Why would war return between Israel and the Arab states? |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Religious Fanaticism Knows No Logic |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Any war would not accomplish anything |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. even 1776? |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. There's More To History than 1776 |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. no kidding |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Nevertheless, your OP said "throughout history". As a Brit, perhaps I should agree with you? |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ahh, the Rudyard Kippling school of international policy. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. So, You Cheered when the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Took Over Iran in 1979? |
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barbiegeek (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Iran had a Leader (Iatola) , Egypt has no leader it's the people. USSR applies more that Iran |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. USSR is an example of how badly a peoples revolution can go. |
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barbiegeek (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. But Russian didn't pick a religious leader for Pres |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. So that rebellion in 1776 was a bad idea... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. How About The Khmer Rouge? |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Some revolutions turn out bad...some good... |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Silly cautious talk! Like religious fanatics would take over. When would THAT ever happen? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Let's rejoice in the uprisings in the Middle East |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Sorry, I'm Not Rejoicing |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Half the population in Egypt lives on less than $2.00 a day |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. And If The New Leaders Are Religious Fanatics |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. I doubt that will happen, Egypt is a moderate educated society |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. So Was Iran in 1979. n/t |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. This way at least there's a chance it will be replaced by something better. |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. "far, far, far worse" for who? |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. For the people in Egypt |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You are making foolish baseless assumptions about me, for asking a question |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Nonsense. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. "That's life"? Wow. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. CLEARLY |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:07 PM Original message |
Indeed. Things don't always change for the better. We shall see what happens. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. It isn't of |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Under the Shah, Women Weren't Dragged Off The Streets for Not Wearing Head Scarves |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. How do you |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. See Link |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. What I'm asking |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. the poster is correct. the shah was a westernizer. his gov't didn't drag women off for not wearing |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. As anyone who has been in the middle of a riot or revolution will tell you... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. Let the people speak, let the people decide. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Human Beings on Planet Earth |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'll mention something I know infinitely more about... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. What Really Scares Me Is That We've Had Decades of Peace bet. Israel and Egypt |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Good point. |
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eissa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Not everything is about Israel |
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eissa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's that kind of mentality that has kept the Arab population |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. Not this time....... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. hogswallop. nt |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. Don't bother. |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. I completely reject the suggestion that we should support dictatorships ever. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I Said Be Cautious |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
49. Some cases yes, others no. |
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