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Egyptian Protesters Did in 2 1/2 Weeks What the American Military Could Not Do in 9 Years of War ... Bring Democracy to the Middle East

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I've previously noted that the Egyptian revolution shows that the us-versus-them narrative of the war on terror is false.

The events in Egypt also prove that democracy does not come from the barrel of a gun.

The
fact that the Egyptian protesters have made more strides away from
tyranny and towards democracy in 2 and 1/2 weeks than the American
military has been able to do in 9 years if Afghanistan and 7 years in
Iraq proves it.

Obviously, there is a long way to go.  The military has to hand over power
and let elections take place. But Egyptian people have taken a giant
step in the right direction, while America's offensive military 
campaigns have caused more harm than good,  destabilized the region and created new terrorists.

 

 

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Mon, 02/14/2011 - 14:54 | 960368 flattrader
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>>>GW and CD, you are such credulous and gullible fools like most of the intellectual dilletantes besotted with this media circus posing as informed opinion.<<<

Ah, so you noticed that too?

And then there's GW blogging about what others blogged (Yves Smith and Karl Denninger).

If it wasn't for other bloggers, I swear he'd have nothing to write about.  Gotta love it.

TD there is real original content out there.

try dshort.com for some real investing and economic analysis.

Sun, 02/13/2011 - 03:26 | 957257 StychoKiller
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I seem to recall that Moobarak was in power for 31 years, before him:  Anwar Sadat -- before him:  Nassar.  The frog(s) were in the pot a lonngg time, but food inflation turned up the heat too much, I guess.

Sun, 02/13/2011 - 11:36 | 957571 66Sexy
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what "democracy"?

Sun, 02/13/2011 - 12:18 | 957618 A Nanny Moose
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Exactly. It remains to be seen, what will develop from the current military regime.

Is it capable of transferring power back to the people? There seem to be few instances of this throughout history. For the most part, we got lucky with our first dictator, George Washington.

Sun, 02/13/2011 - 02:19 | 957203 Bananamerican
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oh, that "9 years of war" thing? That's a feature, not a bug

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