tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535968902333522189.post3805702655913755966..comments2023-10-18T07:49:21.550-07:00Comments on Let Every Nation Know!: Egypt in transition: Isn't it about time?Raleigh K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01363880984613859348noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535968902333522189.post-7966340721718752322011-02-10T23:32:54.695-08:002011-02-10T23:32:54.695-08:00Thanks for the comment Pat, will do. Hope you'...Thanks for the comment Pat, will do. Hope you're following the events closely.Raleigh K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01363880984613859348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535968902333522189.post-14710992482827049712011-02-03T07:43:00.154-08:002011-02-03T07:43:00.154-08:00ElBaradei may not be Muslim Brotherhood he is a fr...ElBaradei may not be Muslim Brotherhood he is a friend of Iran<br /><br />I heard someone say: The next leader of Egypt will not speak English, meaning they wont be Western facing. Something to think about. <br /><br />Keep up the good work with the words but toons say it all http://tinyurl.com/62fjsu4<br /><br />PS Check out Sharansky if you are looking for a view from Israel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190048865425820930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535968902333522189.post-73151077496182791562011-02-02T09:27:29.973-08:002011-02-02T09:27:29.973-08:00I'm not really trying to come to an affirmativ...I'm not really trying to come to an affirmative conclusion about what will happen if Mubarak was to step down immediately. However, I tend to be less wary of a popular uprising in Egypt than I would be say...in Saudi Arabia. <br /><br /> A couple of years ago we saw an uprising in Iran that was very similar, but which occured in an even more hardline conservative country. There's no doubt in my mind that had that uprising succeeded, it would have been Western-friendly forces who assumed power. But it did not succeed, and today most people might struggle to remember that it even happened.<br /><br />Your mention of the BBC article is most likely correct, however, as I mentioned, I am not tryting to make a conclusion that the educated and cosmopolitan are definitely behind this. That being said, my analysis of Egypt is that even the rural, less well off, people of Eqypt are more cosmopolitan and educated than most of their Arab neighbors. Last night, on CNN, a field reporter mentioned that a small group of protesters started shouting "Allahu Akbar" during a rally and was immediately engaged by the majority of protesters and told to stop yelling the overtly religious phrase. In addition, there has been polling data quoted by CNN and MSNBC, which shows only 20-30% of Egyptians have affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood, of which I'm sure Mohamed ElBaradei is not one of them.Raleigh K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01363880984613859348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535968902333522189.post-41950548464280748002011-02-02T07:27:19.633-08:002011-02-02T07:27:19.633-08:00By the way- the blog looks great! Keep it up and u...By the way- the blog looks great! Keep it up and us engaged!Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16097288431452119196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535968902333522189.post-10099127443849418682011-02-02T07:26:29.168-08:002011-02-02T07:26:29.168-08:00Well said Raleigh!
You mention your wariness tow...Well said Raleigh! <br /><br />You mention your wariness towards Mubarak's real intentions in offering a delayed-response promise of resignation. You seem to reflect most Egyptians concerns that this compromise is a bid to retain power once in a stronger position. <br /><br />Your analysis of the what might happen should the President immediately step down seem just as dismissive- those who would step to fill in the gap should the president leave now might very well be much worse than Mubarak. At least that seems the Western position. <br /><br />So in the last analysis, what do you feel should actually happen- Mubarak step down immediately and come what may, or stay in power until the elections? <br /><br />One last note- you say that the uprising is of an educated and cosmopolitan crowd towards real democracy. A BBC article I read noted that most of the protesters were the increasingly rural poor, uneducated and noncosmopolitan, who have been steadily pushed out of the cities away from the riches of a smaller and smaller select few, with their resort homes styled after the Western powers. And among such rabble, isn't it the strong armed radicals (ie the Muslim Brotherhood) who will have the greatest sway over such a crowd?Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16097288431452119196noreply@blogger.com