Brainfade Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/22/less-than-three-years-later-egyptians-kind-of-regret-ousting-mubarak/ In February 2011, hundreds of thousands or perhaps millions of Egyptians gathered in the streets to protest the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak, who was subsequently forced out of office by the military and, eventually, imprisoned. The protesters cheered for democracy. This July, hundreds of thousands or perhaps millions of Egyptians gathered in the streets to protest the one-year rule of President Mohamed Morsi, who was subsequently forced out of office by the military. The protesters cheered perhaps less for democracy than for the military, under which, on Thursday, Mubarak was freed from prison and taken to a military hospital; officials say he will soon be placed under house arrest. A number of very important things have happened in the past 30 months that help explain the jarring change from a popular movement against the military-backed Mubarak to a popular movement in support of a military that oversaw Mubarak’s release. One of them has to do with the public backlash against Morsi, an Islamist allied with the Muslim Brotherhood, whose failures were significant. Others have to do with growing nationalism among the Egyptian “liberals†who led both protest movements. And there are others. But here’s one that might surprise you: Egyptians seem to increasingly believe that ousting Mubarak has not helped their country, and may have made things worse. Here are a few key numbers from a May Pew report. It’s easy to imagine that these trends may have increased since then, given the surge in pro-military nationalism and the scale of the backlash against Morsi. And a Gallup poll, results from which are below, seemed to confirm as much. A P O J E ... Another President Obama Judgement Error
hhunaeh Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 Does every post/thread you make have to go through the republican filter?
Brainfade Posted August 23, 2013 Author Posted August 23, 2013 Does every post/thread you make have to go through the republican filter? Nope. Just the ones criticizing President Obama :-). Plus, the article was from WaPo - hardly a Repub mouthpiece.
Iconoclast Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 Does every post/thread you make have to go through the republican filter? I voted for Obama and I'll admit that this guy turned out to be a total bozo. All talk .. no brain ... both in domestic and international policies.
Swing_n_Speed Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 A P O J E ... Another President Obama Judgement Error Maybe but on international policy you do know that major Republicans like Mcain and Romney are on the same page as Obama. Infact those two Repub bozos are infinitely more aggressive and radical compared to Obama. They support the MB in Egypt, support radicals in Libya and Syria. At-least Obama has done everything he could to stay out of Syria. But there can be no denying that Obama does have a soft spot for the MB in particular as well as for other Sunni groups and movements. Anybody could have seen that a organization like the MB which has spawned a radical organization like Hamas, funded terror in Syria, is infinitely worse than a dictator like Mubarak.
Swing_n_Speed Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 I voted for Obama and I'll admit that this guy turned out to be a total bozo. All talk .. no brain ... both in domestic and international policies. Doubt he is a bozo. Just corrupt to the core and probably completely out of control of the presidency. Does whatever his handlers tell him that in addition to his completely radical and divisive policies.
ravishingravi Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 Yes. In fact, one of my friends had predicted this. Mubarak might not have been an angel but he wasn't the worst either.
punjabi_khota Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 Doubt he is a bozo. Just corrupt to the core and probably completely out of control of the presidency. Does whatever his handlers tell him that in addition to his completely radical and divisive policies.[/QUOTE] Kool-aid is high with this one...
Brainfade Posted August 25, 2013 Author Posted August 25, 2013 Obama ousted Mubarak ? :dontknow: Nope. But he backed his ousting and backed the Morsi govt, seemingly without a clue of who is worse for Egypt and its relationship with the US. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/10/egypt.protests.us.reax/index.html
yoda Posted August 26, 2013 Posted August 26, 2013 Nope. But he backed his ousting and backed the Morsi govt, seemingly without a clue of who is worse for Egypt and its relationship with the US. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/10/egypt.protests.us.reax/index.html Went to the 2 year old article and searched for the word morsi and guess what I found.
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