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2014-04-05 Africa North

Egypt Is On The Brink Of Chaos. Here's Why It Should Matter To Washington

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-04-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 I must be dense: read it all the way through and haven't seen anything---even halfway---convincing.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-04-05 04:04|| 2014-04-05 04:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Nor did I. Last time I checked, Egypt has been around for quite a spell. I suspect if we leave them alone and stay out of their business, they'll work their way through it.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-05 07:37|| 2014-04-05 07:37|| Front Page Top

#3 For at least 5,000 years Egypt has been ruled by a big boss (Rais). Nasser wore the title proudly. So did Sadat, and so did Mubarak. Democracy is as foreign to an Egyptian (and I lived there a number of years), as economic freedom is to Detroit's politicians. Egyptians, who are not particularly Islamist, want stability, low food and fuel prices, and a boot only rarely placed on their neck. For the present Sisi is the only leader who has some promise.

Posted by Thrusotch and Tenille7340 2014-04-05 13:22|| 2014-04-05 13:22|| Front Page Top

#4 "brink"?

Posted by Barbara 2014-04-05 15:00|| 2014-04-05 15:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Except he can't consistently deliver on low food and fuel prices -- the realities of the outside world won't permit it. As it is, the country is living on Saudi charity, having run through their own reserves in recent years. The Suez Canal is still generating income, but the tourist trade has pretty much dried up, so where will their income come from, going forward?

Posted by trailing wife 2014-04-05 15:01|| 2014-04-05 15:01|| Front Page Top

#6 millions of Egyptians hail Sisi as a hero who saved democracy by toppling their first and only freely elected presidentMuslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi

And they are right. The idea that Morsi and his MusBro thugs were going to usher in a new Egyptian era of freedom and prosperity is laughable. Sisi saved Egypt's bacon, if you'll pardon the expression.

Posted by SteveS 2014-04-05 15:07|| 2014-04-05 15:07|| Front Page Top

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