I'm sorry to say that I have been moving and I haven't seen any tv since Thursday really.. this does seem to be a mess though.. do we support the guy who has been there for 30 yrs and 'wink-wink' elected each time? or do we hope that real democracy takes over?
Egypt has a very conservative Muslim streak just under the surface and if that takes over, we're in for a whole new world..
Moving? Obama bought you a home?
Mubarek has been a dictator too long and the people have spoken. I've always said (hell, since Vietnam) when the people want change, change will happen. I don't think the Egyptian people will allow the Muslim Brotherhood to take over the government, although it's obvious lilMike's convinced that'll happen.
I sent him a msg on his blog to join this discussion. Maybe he will....
In the absence of my posts, do you just make up stuff you think I'm going to say?
I don't know how much of an influence the Muslim Brotherhood would have in a post Mubarak Egypt, but since they are in parliament now, I imagine they will have some influence. But I'm in favor of Mubarak stepping down and a new government forming anyway. One that will have fair elections. Hopefully one that will allow more individual liberty, but hey one step at a time. It's a risk of course since since the current Egyptian government is an ally now, and maintains peace with Israel. I suspect no matter how would take power in a post Mubarak Egypt, they will be less friendly to Israel and more likely to look the other way (more than usual) at the Gaza border. The US seems to be looking beyond Mubarak now and that's a good thing.
However I wish they had been willing to do that last year when Iran was in upheaval. The Prez bet on the Mullahs instead of the protestors, which was crazy in my opinion. Unlike Egypt, there was virtually no chance any government replacing the current Iranian one would be worse for us than the one we have now.
No I didn't give Sam the link to that website. He's hardly on the board much anymore anyway, so why worry about him?
