RandySF
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Thu Feb-10-11 04:25 PM
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MSNBC Guest: Arab dictators want Mubarek to stand and fight |
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Looks like they're ready to sacrifice their friend Hosni in order to keep their own people from revolting.
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Thu Feb-10-11 04:32 PM
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1. If the USA had a corrupt dictator |
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these countries would be telling him/her to stay in place too. The masses are meant to be contained.
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Thu Feb-10-11 04:33 PM
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They don't want this spreading.
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Thu Feb-10-11 04:34 PM
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3. If Mubarak falls, they will, too. n/t |
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Thu Feb-10-11 04:39 PM
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4. They need for their people to see bloodshed and to fear it |
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If the govt toppled with only words & protest, their own regimes are vulnerable, but if people watching see how much blood they may have to spill, they may just settle down & hope for change..
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Thu Feb-10-11 04:41 PM
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5. I'm afraid you're right about that. |
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The forces of Darkness and the forces of Light are about to meet, one country at a time, looks like.
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Thu Feb-10-11 05:30 PM
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7. that's absolutely true |
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the forces of shirk pitted against the forces of the tawhid
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Thu Feb-10-11 05:25 PM
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6. News flash: July 15, 1789 |
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European monarchs urge King Louis and Queen Marie Antoinette to stand and fight in the wake of the storming of the Bastille.
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