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2005-03-21 Africa: North

Egypt anti-war protest divides; Iraqi journalists disgusted

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Posted by Dar 2005-03-21 10:49:16 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I dunno. Sounds like a parallel of the typical lefty cognitive disonance. Something's going on. Maybe mankind is splitting into two species--Homo sapiens cognoscus and Homo disonantus miscreanticus. Hopefully, the second species is on an extinction path.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-21 11:50:21 AM|| 2005-03-21 11:50:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Well - Mubarak is covertly anti-American whereas the opposition is openly anti-American. I suspect if Mubarak gives up his throne, we are in for a spate of big-time anti-Americanism in Egypt. My hope is that we'll have an excuse to finally end the $1b we send to Egypt every year.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-03-21 3:42:22 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-03-21 3:42:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 ZF - it was about $1.75BN in 2003 -- all Grants, not loans... and has surpassed $2BN regularly.

Posted by .com 2005-03-21 3:56:55 PM|| 2005-03-21 3:56:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Egypt gets more than $2 billion a year - link

Posted by phil_b 2005-03-21 3:57:27 PM|| 2005-03-21 3:57:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Let's cut off Egypt and send a billion to Mo the Berber just for the entertainment value.

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-21 5:51:09 PM|| 2005-03-21 5:51:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Shipman, they hate Mo's guts naturally, so I assure you that you can buy entertainment cheaper than that! 1/10 may be a sufficient to induce seething apoplexy in Pharaohstan.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-21 7:09:28 PM|| 2005-03-21 7:09:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Several Iraqi journalists visiting Cairo rolled their eyes at the pro-Zarqawi and pro-Saddam chants. "They shout to make Iraq bleed more," said one, Awadh Al-Taee. "I hope Zarqawi joins them in Egypt, and then they see how they like it."

There's nothing like a pair of eyes wide open.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-21 9:08:56 PM|| 2005-03-21 9:08:56 PM|| Front Page Top

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