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Post by jdredd on Jan 27, 2011 23:52:05 GMT -5
www.economist.com/node/18010573What's the difference between Mubarak and Saddam? Nothing, except Mubarak does our bidding so we won't overthrow him FOR the Egyptians.
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Post by jdredd on Jan 28, 2011 0:34:14 GMT -5
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12300282"The military, the West, and many powerful and rich people here have a big investment in keeping President Mubarak, or at least ensuring an orderly transition to another leader friendly to the West and to business."
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Post by Turk on Jan 28, 2011 16:54:43 GMT -5
www.economist.com/node/18010573What's the difference between Mubarak and Saddam? Nothing, except Mubarak does our bidding so we won't overthrow him FOR the Egyptians. Did Mubarak murder 1,000's of Egyptians? Things are heating up in Jordan also. Folks better buy those gas cans, the price is going up, next availability will be effected. Remember those long lines during the Carter days? I'm buying a 100 gallons on Monday.
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Post by johng on Jan 28, 2011 17:53:50 GMT -5
Yep buy up those gas cans now. Unfortunately I only have a pair of 100 gal tanks 1 for gas 1 for diesel.
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Post by animal on Jan 28, 2011 17:59:18 GMT -5
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Post by Rocket on Jan 28, 2011 20:52:04 GMT -5
www.economist.com/node/18010573What's the difference between Mubarak and Saddam? Nothing, except Mubarak does our bidding so we won't overthrow him FOR the Egyptians. Mubarak and his knuckle-dragging dictatorship are crucial to the foreign policy of the United States.
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Post by nikki on Jan 28, 2011 23:48:19 GMT -5
I have brought up the documentary "Farewell Israel" many times. What is happening now in Egypt and elsewhere reminds me of one of the most fascinating parts of that doc. I haven't seen it in quite a while, but it went something like this: The Western world and Israel do not understand the Muslim world with regard to "democracy." When given a choice, they will always eventually turn into an Islamic state. We might just be seeing an inevitable domino effect of that throughout the Middle East. And those who thought the long desire of a Caliphate was a conspiracy concocted by the West will see things differently. My heart goes out to people in that part of the world who have always only had a choice of dictators and/or theocrats and want something different. And I hope that the Muslims who live and pray on U.S. soil appreciate what they have here and will start speaking out. Of course, this is not only about the religion of Islam; it is also about a resurgence of communism. Don't ask me for answers. I am just gonna go fill up my tank tomorrow while reminding myself why I was on board with "Drill, baby, drill."
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Post by nikki on Jan 29, 2011 0:06:20 GMT -5
www.economist.com/node/18010573What's the difference between Mubarak and Saddam? Nothing, except Mubarak does our bidding so we won't overthrow him FOR the Egyptians. Mubarak and his knuckle-dragging dictatorship are crucial to the foreign policy of the United States. Under Obama, foreign policy has changed. If the man is not sympathetic to Islamic states and communism, he certainly is not offended by it. The man is a professorial ideolog and is in way over his head in dealing with the real world. But, remember, this was the guy who promised to "fundamentally transform the United States of America."
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Post by jdredd on Jan 29, 2011 3:26:14 GMT -5
Events will always overtake dogma.
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Post by jdredd on Jan 29, 2011 3:57:48 GMT -5
english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/01/201112811331582261.html"It's incredible, really. The president of the United States can't bring himself to talk about democracy in the Middle East. He can dance around it, use euphemisms, throw out words like "freedom" and "tolerance" and "non-violent" and especially "reform," but he can't say the one word that really matters: democracy."
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Post by jdredd on Jan 29, 2011 4:09:50 GMT -5
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Post by Turk on Jan 29, 2011 12:40:25 GMT -5
3% of the world’s oil and 7% of the world’s goods pass through the Suez Canal the alternative is a 10,000 mile trip.
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Post by johng on Jan 29, 2011 17:22:14 GMT -5
3% of the world’s oil and 7% of the world’s goods pass through the Suez Canal the alternative is a 10,000 mile trip. Which takes a LOT of fuel to travel, not to mention time...
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Post by Tired in CV on Jan 29, 2011 18:10:53 GMT -5
3% of the world’s oil and 7% of the world’s goods pass through the Suez Canal the alternative is a 10,000 mile trip. Which takes a LOT of fuel to travel, not to mention time... ....and through the waters of the Pirates!
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Post by jdredd on Jan 29, 2011 23:07:30 GMT -5
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