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The Lessons of the Egyptian Revolution for People Throughout the World
The courage of the Egyptian protesters - even in the face of extreme police brutality - is obviously a large part of why the Egyptians succeeded in kicking Mubarak out of office.
Indeed, I think that the Egyptians adopted the tactics of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., to great effect. They were peaceful in the face of murder and brutality by Mubarak's thugs, which discredited Mubarak in the eyes of the world.
Had the protesters fought back, the regime would have successfully used that as an excuse to crack down and brutally break up the protest movement. The world would have just averted its eyes, and all would have been lost.
As I wrote last week:
This is just like when the British police attacked the non-violent protesters led by Gandhi, or the police in towns in the South of the United States attacked the peaceful protesters led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Exposing the "false flag" attacks by agents provocateur was also critical, since failure to expose such deception would have allowed Mubarak to stay in power.
But it is important to acknowledge that Mubarak didn't actually agree to leave until the Egyptian people started striking.
Before the strikes, Mubarak said he would not run for reelection in September, but would hang on until then.
Egyptians started a nationwide strike only yesterday ... 24 hours later, Mubarak is on his way out so fast that the door is hitting him in the back.
While the regime and the military paid lip service to "hearing" the protesters and agreeing to meet their demands, it wasn't until the people started hurting the powers-that-be in their wallets - through strikes - that anything actually changed.
This shows that protests are not enough anymore. Not in Egypt ... not in the West.
People throughout the world living in tyrannical conditions need to engage in strikes and other active (but peaceful) forms of civil disobedience which hit the tyrants and their supporters in their pocketbook before we can take our country back.
And see Karl Denninger's comments - and George Orwell's insights into violent revolution and technology - here.
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Playing all sides is primarly a matter of wealth. Poor people, people lacking means, can not diversify.
Rich people can. Just check the elections. You will find examples of corporations contributing to the election campaign of all the credible candidates.
The US is rich enough to play all sides in Egypt. The US can not afford not to do.
Lesson from Egyptian revolution? If you strike at a king, you must kill him.
YES! Thugs must be forced. (Otherwise they wouldn't be thuggish in the first place!)
Pretending that it is otherwise is very often cowardice, masquerading as enlightenment.
Denninger editorial, through the backdoor at ZH?
"Denninger editorial, through the backdoor at ZH?"
Cannot be any worse than Obama fan boy "george washington" spamming constantly on ZH for The Muslim Brotherhood. Doesn't Tyler have a "Kill Switch" for this clown GW?
ZH don't do the hershey highway.
Astute observation of how much power labor strikes have.
All sorts of parasites feed on productive human activity.
Whoever junked you is a total idiot. A general strike is far more effective, and safer, than taking to the streets. It's easy for people to do (just stay home), the difficult part is getting it organized.
North korea appeals for food aid.
http://nakedempire.wordpress.com/
China has been propping up North Korea for decades, but now with food prices going through the roof, they aren't going to be able to afford it, they need to tend to their own folks first. It's going to be interesting... one thing is for sure, the average person in N. Korea is not seeing any news from Egypt.
"North Korea appeals for food aid."
China headed to a major food drought.
Egypt gonna erupt.
Greece expands strikes.
USA and Australia both in Crapper too.
...Ladies and Gentlemen
Canda's four western Provinces led by Gateway City Vancouver BC have a plethora of Natural Resources...w/only 12.5 million citizens...
http://seenoevilspeaknoevilhearnoevil.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-vancouver-bc-is-worlds-safe-haven.html
Government officials and/or military must be running short on supplies, general population has been lacking for some time now.
Loved the post until the Karl Denniger reference.
The lecture of the Egyptian 'revolution':
dont go on the streets when you have a sick dictator in charge, else the US will set the torturer in chief as the new ruler.
The world was saved from the Muslim Brotherhood's tidal wave, that movement that cant even get into power when the torturer in chief is put into power. America be blessed. Should the Muslim Brotherhood take command of the Egyptian powerhouse, with all their advanced weaponry, and the fate of humanity was sealed.
For an alternate perspective: The US seems kinda simpatico with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood:
http://realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/02/10/dni_james_clapper_muslim_brotherhood_a_largely_secular_group.html
"The term Muslim Brotherhood is an umbrella term for a variety of movements. In the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which eschewed violence and decried al-Qaeda is a version of Islam," Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Congressional hearing today.
When a vicious dog is off its chain, saying "nice doggie" is the safe thing to do.
maybe. for a trained vicious dog..
the others don't seem to like not being taken for vicious enough.
but dogs are only dogs. not what we are dealing with.
All you have is a Zionist and a Muslim poison pill, take your pick
Rule #1: If you want freedom of choice / free markets for the average person, don't count on the United States. For the time being, that dream is lost.
"The Lessons of the Egyptian Revolution for People/Governments Throughout the World"
Never shut down the Internet or the angry mob will go to the streets?
Can't wait when Congress passes Kill Switch Act!
careful what you wish for GW
we'll see who really takes charge in the next few years.
"The courage of the Egyptian protesters - even in the face of extreme police brutality - is obviously a large part of why the Egyptians succeeded in kicking Mubarak out of office."
Nice work GW. Except you're wrong. He's staying. LOL
Not for long.
Well, the dude is 82 years old.
Obummer got burned on this one today too GW. Quite the middle finger from Mubarak and his buddies in Saudi Arabia toward The Won.
amen brother! out of the frying pan into the fire! the muslim brotherhood takes over. the mb is controlled by the saudi king.
http://covert2.wordpress.com
Exactemundo robobobb and covert.
The "REAL lesson" as GW prematurely starts out, will not be known for a few years.
My guess is, given the attitudes of the egyptians as collected by professional polling organisations, the best result for them will be some kind of military led tyranny, with slow progress over years, if at all, towards what Turkey used to be twenty years ago, officially pluralistic, western leaning, and anti-Islamist. Egyptian attitude polls today show them to be more than 80% nutbags.
ie the joos.
http://siteground243.com/~hiram155/2010/07/14/again-the-house-of-saud-is...