brooklynite
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:13 PM
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Just to review what know about the situation in Egypt... |
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1. President Mubarak will step down...
2. President Mubarak won't step down...
3. President Mubarak will step "aside"...
4. VP Suleiman will take over...
5. The Speaker of the Parliament will take over...
6. The Military will take over...
Have I left anything out?
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:14 PM
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1. Yeah. Karl Rove will be arrested by the end of the week. |
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:14 PM
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2. looks about right to me if you continue to start at 1 and keeping on repeating |
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:19 PM
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3. 7. Dick Cheney to fill in... |
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:22 PM
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4. Francisco Franco is still dead |
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:23 PM
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5. Yes, political forces jockeyng for power |
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and quite in the open mind you.
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:25 PM
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6. Obama supports Mubarak, and has thrown the protesters under the bus. |
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Well, that's what I heard on DU.
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:27 PM
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7. The conflicting statements show how fluid the situation truly is. There is |
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obviously a lot of jockeying for power behind the scenes. Saudis probably are exerting tremendous pressure on their contacts in the govt and army to resist public pressure at all costs.
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:54 PM
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10. The situation is fluid; and the fluid is ... |
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well, found in the sewers.
But the Egyptian people are set on flushing it out.
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:45 PM
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8. Yes: the military will work this for all it's worth. |
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They already have been. Stayed largely on the sidelines until they started getting perks from Mubarak, then started detaining and torturing protesters.
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Thu Feb-10-11 02:46 PM
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9. The Egyptians who want a new govt. ain't goin nowhere |
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Thu Feb-10-11 04:18 PM
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11. And we have a winner! |
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