America and the West has a golden opportunity to be a savior of Democracy and Freedom in the Arab world and that too in the largest Arab Nation, Egypt. Only if they play their card decisively rather than allow military goons to keep their hold and continue the dictatorship for another decade or century; similarly they did some 14 years ago when Algeria's election results were out. The election in Egypt was fair, free and very open to the public and people of the world. America and her allies should come out very strongly in favor of the Egypt election and give stern warning to the military to hand over the power to the elected government and allow them to write their own Constitution and start a new democratic Government. If not, America and the West will create unending bloodshed, killings, destruction and havoc for years to come not only in Egypt but in the entire Arab world. Obama and Hillary has to show their real leadership now.
The Muslim brotherhood and the Islamic fundamentalist party control over 70% of the electorate at the polls. It is a bad day for the Westernized Egyptians. As far as the military retaining any control, they are facing more than 56 million Egyptians who have a completely different view. The Egyptian generals and other Egyptian military leadership can expect to be purged, like every other military, the rank and file soldiers will support their fellow citizens in any gun fight regardless of any oath of allegience they took. History always has and always will repeat itself.
Islam means: submission to Allah's or God's will ...
... according to some delusional religious zealot's interpretation based on his subjective, personal, 'holier-than-thou' beliefs and desires, while fixated with an Apocalyptic, all-consuming, world-ending, Nuclear World War III scenario.
Egypt and the Congo both have 80 million people but the Congolese are far more precious. If Egyptians did not threaten to suicide Israel the Congo would gain more media attention, their wildlife is magnificent. The U.S. should transfer its billion dollar support of Egypt to the Congo; it would save the elephants and rhinos that are on the verge of extinction. These animals are more interesting to photograph than the boring unmoving pyramids.
What a mess. What was Obama doing giving a speech in Cairo right after he got elected? The man is disconnected from history. He should have gotten out of Afghanistan and left this alone. Governing does not consist of speech-making alone.
If ever there was a time for our president and his party to forewarn the "winner" of the Egyptian elections, it would be now. The Muslim Brother hood wants to go to Sharia Law and turn Egypt into an Islamist State. If ever there was a "religion" that was anti-women, it is Islam. If ever there was a time for the liberals to come out in support of women and decry this result and the Brotherhood, it is now. But, knowing how liberals are they won't do this, because they're hypocrites.
Does it want to support an Islamist government who has vowed to "permanently close the eyes of every man, woman and child" in Israel, and reduce the rights of women to less than those of a dog
Or does it want to support a military dictatorship that will be friendss with Israel, and respect the rights of women
What a failure. The Egyptians are going right back where they came from. This Country also did not allow their citizens the right to own firearms. No way to fight back. Just like the Holocaust.
The Egyptian army is aware, as is the U.S. that pulls their strings, that an Augusto Pinochet-like military regime in Cairo would be destabilizing in Middle East. It is not easy for the U.S. to justify its opposition of Bashar Assad, while looks the other way when the Bahrainian king Khalifa does the same in Bahrain, and when it warns the Egyptian Generals to suffocate the Egyptian Revolution, or the U.S. will cut off all its military aid to them! An Egyptian responding to my blog article "Egypt: Wanted! Another Gamal Abdel Nasser!" in the Bitish Daily Telegraph responded this way: "Mr. Retsos. We know what is going on in Egypt!" (That article was translated in Arabic and published in various Arabic websites) And I am sure they do!
Obviously, the Egyptian military junta softens up now because it knows the Egyptians are aware who butters their bread, and whom they bow to! And I am sure the U.S. has warned them not to go out of their way to look like U.S. marionettes!
The Egyptians have made it clear that they do no want an Islamic Republic in their country. But they also don't want a military junta -which is connected with an umbilical cord to a foreign power- standing over the shoulders of their elected leaders, and tell them what they can, and what they cannot do! Nikos Retsos, retired professor
I don't own a gun myself but when reading this article I get a true understanding of how important the right to bear arms is to our freedom in this country. Every citizen can be a soldier. Every citizen prevents a military take over and a government dictatorship. To say it would never happen in our country without the right to bear arms may be true but I wouldn't bet on it.
Glad you've come to understand. Myself, I am more concerned about police takeover, although if all or most of our military is replaced by drones (it's happening as we speak), then military takeover will suddenly become very possible.
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submission to Allah's or God's will ...
... according to some delusional religious zealot's interpretation based on his subjective, personal, 'holier-than-thou' beliefs and desires, while fixated with an Apocalyptic, all-consuming, world-ending, Nuclear World War III scenario.
Does it want to support an Islamist government who has vowed to "permanently close the eyes of every man, woman and child" in Israel, and reduce the rights of women to less than those of a dog
Or does it want to support a military dictatorship that will be friendss with Israel, and respect the rights of women
Not a difficult choice at all!
Obviously, the Egyptian military junta softens up now because it knows the Egyptians are aware who butters their bread, and whom they bow to! And I am sure the U.S. has warned them not to go out of their way to look like U.S. marionettes!
The Egyptians have made it clear that they do no want an Islamic Republic in their country. But they also don't want a military junta -which is connected with an umbilical cord to a foreign power- standing over the shoulders of their elected leaders, and tell them what they can, and what they cannot do! Nikos Retsos, retired professor