What's going on in Egypt?

What's going on in Egypt? - the answer is becoming clear:

US military has long history (> 30 years) of friendly relations and support for the Egyptian military, and gives them more than a billion dollars annunally,* including the value directly given as equipment, spare parts etc. That is going to continue as Egypt becomes openly a military dictatorship (has been effecively one, the real power, for 50 years)

Not only is Mubarak the former head of the Airforce, but ALL OF THE LAST FIVE LEADERS OF EGYPT HAVE BEEN GENERALS. The "transition" to a new more open (still millitary dictatorship) is well under way. All of the recent high level appointments are generals. Some of the prior civilians in high position of government have not only been removed, but have been expelled from Egypt, had their bank accounts frozen, their passports cancelled (or are under a "travel ban") and are being charged with crimes against Egypt.** They will be scapegoats offered up to the people.

Again, real politic will win over US's high principles. Obama is still speaking of the need for "democracy" but will not cut the financial aid to the military. That is the ONLY thing that might make the military return to their behind the scene rule of Egypt.

*Second only to the aid given to Israel.

** The / A ? former foreign minister is in UAE's Dubia and foolish telling this to CNN. He will be silenced, one way or another.
 
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So basically, its 30 years and how many billion dollars and how much military aid that is now irrelevant?
 
S.A.M. said:
So basically, its 30 years and how many billion dollars and how much military aid that is now irrelevant?
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It is not "irrelevant." It will continue to buy peace for Israel along its SW border.
 
Some of you may be wondering what Glen Beck has to say about this.

BECK: I believe that I can make a case in the end that there are three powers that you will see really emerge. One, a Muslim caliphate that controls the Mideast and parts of Europe. Two, China, that will control Asia, the southern half of Africa, part of the Middle East, Australia, maybe New Zealand, and God only knows what else. And Russia, which will control all of the old former Soviet Union bloc, plus maybe the Netherlands. I'm not really sure. But their strong arm is coming. That leaves us and South America. What happens to us?


Sorry Glen, but South America's going to be Russian too.
Viva Chavez!
 
I will be landing in Egypt shortly, I hope things are not too bad there, Im going on a pilgramage to make a covenant. I don't want to have to Fight a civil war 0.0


Peace.
 
the gas pipes that take gas from egypte to jordan and, mainly to israel, have been stoped, and fired, because a leak
 
Pretty bad when people steal cars from American diplomats and run over their own people to make Americans look bad.
 
I wonder. Apparently more ~20 US embassy cars were stolen..because the embassy was unguarded? lol How easy is it to get 20 of those cars without ignition key from the US embassy?
 
EmptyForceOfChi said:
I will be landing in Egypt shortly, I hope things are not too bad there, Im going on a pilgramage to make a covenant. I don't want to have to Fight a civil war 0.0


Peace.
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Make sure to beat the shit out of any Copts that try to drink from the same water source you do. Let the fuckers lap it up from the gutter. Right?
 
Yes, Mubarak must go? So says Hillary Clinton, so says Obama......

Let see Egypt has a population of about 82 million give or take a mill.

The best showing by the anti Mubark people, and being generous, is about 250,000 according to the news, but using the standard calculation of one person for every 2 sq. feet of space, Tahrir Square itself could probably hold a fairly dense crowd of around 100,000.

Tahrir square doesn't have enough space to hold a Million people.

So what is the actual percentage of anti government protesters in the Egyptian population?

Well lets use the generous 250,00 protesters, that makes it .304% of the population.....who Want Mubarak gone, not even 1% of the population.

And if we use the 100000 number that Tahrir Sq. Is capable of holding we get .121% of the population, and we are going to demand that Mubark step down?

Let's get real here, Al Jazeera's estimate of a 1,000,000 protesters is fiction, and we don't need another Jimmy Carter/Obama-- Redux of Iran.
 
Buffalo Roam said:
The best showing by the anti Mubark people, and being generous, is about 250,000 according to the news, but using the standard calculation of one person for every 2 sq. feet of space, Tahrir Square itself could probably hold a fairly dense crowd of around 100,000.

Tahrir square doesn't have enough space to hold a Million people.
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What makes you think they were all in the square? Also, which news are you watching? Not Fox again?

So what is the actual percentage of anti government protesters in the Egyptian population?
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Who knows? Certainly many more than the number of people physically out there protesting on the streets. You can count on that.

Let's get real here, Al Jazeera's estimate of a 1,000,000 protesters is fiction, and we don't need another Jimmy Carter/Obama-- Redux of Iran.
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Not sure what you're referring to.

What you need is irrelevant, BR. It's what the Egyptian people want that counts here.
 
Whats going on in Egypt?

BBC: Egypt's Brotherhood enters crisis talks
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has held talks with the government aimed at ending the country's political crisis.

As pro-democracy protests entered the 13th day on Sunday, the opposition group met with Omar Suleiman, Egypt's vice president, to press its "legitimate and just demands''.

Mohammed Mursi, a senior Brotherhood leader, said the group is sticking to the protesters' main condition that President Hosni Mubarak step down.

"We have decided to engage in a round of dialogue to ascertain the seriousness of officials towards the demands of the people and their willingness to respond to them," a Brotherhood spokesman said.

Attendees said participants included members of secular opposition parties, independent legal experts and business tycoon Naguib Sawiris. A representative of opposition figure Mohamed El Baradei was also in attendance.

Egyptian state television said Suleiman began meetings with prominent independent and mainstream opposition figures on Saturday to go through the options, which centre on how to ensure free and fair presidential elections while sticking to the constitution.

The proposal being promoted by a group of Egyptians calling itself the "The Council of Wise Men" involves Suleiman assuming presidential powers for an interim period pending elections.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/20112671030650864.html
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video:http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2011/02/201126101023682669.html

Mubarak is finding it really hard to let go...
 
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