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2011-02-18 Africa North

Offended Mubarak refuses phone call from Obama

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Posted by Fred 2011-02-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 I wonder if the new leadership is just going to let Mubarak, and all his rumored billions, just leave Egypt. In fact, I'm beginning to wonder if the popular unrest ==> palace coup chronology is not reversing the order of what actually happened?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-18 03:30|| 2011-02-18 03:30|| Front Page Top

#2 If it were a palace coup, I doubt the coupsters would have unleashed the Mooselem Bruderbund to help.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-02-18 08:39|| 2011-02-18 08:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Et tu Brute?

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-02-18 09:35|| 2011-02-18 09:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Can't kill a rat until it sticks its had out, NS.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-18 09:54|| 2011-02-18 09:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Bottom Line Obama does NOT respect the US TRUE allies eg.UK,Israel,Egypt but tries to buddy up with the new powers ie China,Brazil and India which looks desperate!

Posted by Paul 2011-02-18 09:55|| 2011-02-18 09:55|| Front Page Top

#6 True, g(r) but I suspect the security forces knew who was MB long ago. And letting them stick their heads out only works if you can then chop them off. In this case, their popularity is rising making it more difficult to chop heads. A quiet coup would have been much more controlled. This is out of control and will end badly. Smart coupsters would never have let it happen. Now if you want to argue they weren't smart, you may be correct, but I doubt they were that dumb.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-02-18 10:09|| 2011-02-18 10:09|| Front Page Top

#7 But, but, Obama was going to part the seas and make it rain in the desert and provide 5 chickens for every pot....and camels LOTS of camels and, and all the dictators of the world would sit around the campfire singing Kumbaya.

What happened to all that smart diplomacy?

Posted by Alan Cramer 2011-02-18 10:48|| 2011-02-18 10:48|| Front Page Top

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