What I find Amazing about Egypt

Thanks to our guns, there will never be a 30 year dictatorship in America.

Just because the figurehead at the top changes doesn't mean it's not a dictatorship.

Americans will never rebel. They're too well fed. Really hard to throw rocks when you get winded climbing the stairs.

the occupation in palestine is the biggest unknown at the time. obama has to call off the us occupation and let the arabs recover the stolen colonial lands.

Exactly!

BigTex wrote:

Thanks to our guns, there will never be a 30 year dictatorship in America.

I think the throwing of stones and use of sticks is more a matter of the country's culture than it is of their "primitivity". Egypt has had one of the strongest militaries in the region for over fifty years and the government and military combined have limited the access of the populace to weapons. Furthermore, it is not part of their culture to own weapons, such as guns, for recreation. On the other hand, if you look at Yemen, there are more guns in the country than there are people. If the peaceful protests in Yemen were to devolve into violence, I believe you would see much more bloodshed and many people would be toting AK-47s ala Somalia.

Also, I think Hosni Mubarak's plain-clothed thugs over the past couple days were told to use "primitive" weapons (ie. clubs, staves, and rocks), so that they would appear to be normal citizens, instead of being associated with the government or military -- what a miserable failure that was.

Here is what I think is amazing about Egypt. They are willing to stand up for what they believe in. Here in the US we have become such a don't hurt any ones feelings and make everyone feel great society that even if we did have someone come to power that turned and ended up needing to be removed our country would do nothing about it. We are too complacent and lazy to care about anything that actually happens in our government. If you don't think that we live in a dictatorship then you are extremely mistaken. The democrats and republicans say different things but when it comes down to it while in office they do the same thing.

it hasn't played out yet. so far it's been pretty tame in egypt wit less than 100 killed. but who knows ? it could become israel with 100,000 slaughter civilians like the nazistic israelis did to their own race in lebanon, gaza, west bank. it could become russia where stalin killed 10 million. or become vietnam with 20,000,000 killed by the united states.

What I find amazing is the Pyramids.

This is the beginning of the end. Islam will reign and America will fall. No country stays in power indefinitely and America is no exception. This unrest will spread throughout the region engulfing all countries. Then spread to Europe and the entire western world. Within 50 years the earth will be a wasteland with only cockroaches remaining. Have a nice day.

middle school wrote:

What I find amazing is the Pyramids.

+1

Americans protest all the time. Spend a month living in DC and you will probably witness at least two protest per weekend. It's a part of the American culture and they're 99.9% non-violent. I happen to live near DC, so I'm well aware of the protesting. I never really considered that people outside of DC might not realize it happens multiple times per week.

When the violence escalates the tanks will roll. Remember Tienanmen square?

Sure they protest but the protests are like tailgate parties more than anything else. Wake me up when people decide to actually stand up for something.

Illogical wrote:

This is the beginning of the end. Islam will reign and America will fall. No country stays in power indefinitely and America is no exception. This unrest will spread throughout the region engulfing all countries. Then spread to Europe and the entire western world. Within 50 years the earth will be a wasteland with only cockroaches remaining. Have a nice day.

Wait! There will still be Hot Babes, right?

Otherwise, what's the point?

Some of my friends were talking about this a few years ago, and we were asking what would it take for the citizens of the US to "take to the streets".. I think we're all too safe.

Short of the government putting an end to private property rights I dont think we'd do anything, MAYBE if they tried to shut down and stifle any and all forms of newspapers that were critial of the gov... maybe.. but Im not 100 % sure that would rile up that many people.

Why isn't Obama CALLING on the ISRAELI REGIME to STEP DOWN ? IRAQ regime ? AFGHANISTAN regime ?

Israel's Regime exterminates 10,000 Muslims each year in old blood.

Iraq's Regime excludes Jews from society, kills Christians, kills Kurds.

Afghanistan's Regime won't allow Jews nor Christians to live in their county.

Hollow the Jordan, Saudi, Israel, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon regimes out and piss on the royal families. Kick every politician and general out of power and ban them from the Middle East for life.

There is a dictatorship in the U.S. They are just more subtle about it. It's called a Plutocracy.