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Africa North
Egypt's Silhouette of Fire
2011-10-15
Egypt is descending into a Hobbesian bellum omnium contra omnes, the war of all against all. And when it does, the world will not absorb eight million Coptic Christians the way they did Iraq's 1.5 million Christian refugees.

The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens shows his work. If the link gives only a taste, try googling the title.
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#7  my first response is ofcourse! I then think about these people who had never planned nor intended to move here and adopt our language/nationality/history/ and most importantly, our social custom/compact. It needs to be made clear that THAT is the deal, take it or leave it. You don't like it? Stay there.
Posted by: Frank G   2011-10-15 17:31  

#6  Syria would be wise to start importing Copt refugees.

The United States would be wise to import Copt refugees. Like the Iraqi Christians, they'd make good Americans.
Posted by: Steve White   2011-10-15 17:27  

#5  Syria would be wise to start importing Copt refugees. And if Assad is smart, start returning the favor by persuading Sunnis to move to Sunni-run countries like Egypt, where they'll presumably be more comfortable.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2011-10-15 16:57  

#4  Your link got me to the complete article, gromky. I'm on an iPad, and I don't have a subscription to the Wall Street Journal. I wish I knew why it doesn't work for you...
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-10-15 14:31  

#3  This is a link to a subscription-only website. Please don't post links to subscription-only websites, the rest of us can't read them.

Here's the Google search, I'm not seeing anything. It would be nice for the submitter, whoever he is, to do the legwork and find an article that everyone can read.
Posted by: gromky   2011-10-15 13:22  

#2  Did you try googling the title, Sgt. D. T.? Google has some sort of deal with the Wall Street Journal.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-10-15 12:57  

#1  Can't get in. A friend of mine had an Egyptian-born Copt lawyer working for him. A liberal, he was ecstatic about the Arab spring.
The lawyer told him that without Mubarak, the Copts will die. He thought she was exaggerating, and had an axe to grind. She was right on point. Very sad.
Posted by: Sgt. D.T.   2011-10-15 12:40  

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