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Ken Burch

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13. That is what all this "Egypt is a dead loss" rhetoric is about.

Reply to MADem (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 02:31 PM

Dec 2012

That's why people still keep bringing up 1979 and Iran.

The argument that they're making is that these situations prove that it would have been better to keep the old tyrants in power.

The truth is, these countries moved in this direction because the people wanted something else...and that the only thing WE can do is to find some way to work with them and make the situation as humane and open as possible.

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Mohamed Morsi signs Egypt's new constitution into law [View all] alp227 Dec 2012 OP

Right on! Coyotl Dec 2012 #1

This sucks--totally. MADem Dec 2012 #2

It probably neither sucks totally nor is the most desirable constitution ever. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #3

If you are a female or a Coptic Xtian it sucks. Totally. nt MADem Dec 2012 #4

We'll see how it plays out. Egypt doesn't become Berkeley overnight. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #5

I saw how it played out in Iran in 79. Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss. MADem Dec 2012 #6

+1. The LGBT community is also now in a terrible position nt riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #7

Anyone who is an "other" is pretty much screwed. MADem Dec 2012 #8

Nothing would be better if Mubarak has stayed in power. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #10

Who--save you--is postulating a strawman scenario where Mubarak stays in power? nt MADem Dec 2012 #12

That is what all this "Egypt is a dead loss" rhetoric is about. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #13

I am one of those "people" and I am not saying what you're claiming at all. MADem Dec 2012 #15

I agree that the people wanted something else in Iran. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #17

It's been over 3 decades. How long must we wait? That's the question. MADem Dec 2012 #18

Fine, guarantee the rights... Ken Burch Dec 2012 #9

Who's suggesting that this is "America's job?" MADem Dec 2012 #11

We need to stand with "the Other"-but not to sound arrogant while doing so. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #14

It shouldn't be just "The West." It should be every SOB in the world MADem Dec 2012 #16