I have high hopes for democracy in Egypt.
As we say in Ecuador:
Viva el Ecuador Libre y Soberano!
Long live Ecuador Free and Sovereign!
FROM PRISONER TO PRESIDENT-MORSI WINS EGYPTIAN ELECTION PEOPLE REJECT SCAF
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While SCAF (military) has tried to de-fang any future President by dissolving the Parliament- the people have rejected Shafiq and chosen Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate.
Secular Liberals held their noses and voted Morsi in- while the Muslim Brotherhood threatens to kick Morsi out of their party!
The infant Revolution is taking it's baby steps.
Egypt is exploding with jubilation at this moment.
Secular Liberals held their noses and voted Morsi in- while the Muslim Brotherhood threatens to kick Morsi out of their party!
The infant Revolution is taking it's baby steps.
Egypt is exploding with jubilation at this moment.
Read More: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/2...
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As we say in Ecuador:
Viva el Ecuador Libre y Soberano!
Long live Ecuador Free and Sovereign!
So how do you feel about the asylum offered to Mr. Assange?
As happy as I?
EXCEPT FOR WOMEN,CHRISTIANS AND ISRAEL..
Actually, Morsi did not address gay rights today- but he did address minority rights and women's rights- and vowed to protect them both. We shall see- it is more likely though- he's actually suffered and been imprisoned for his beliefs- he wouldn't leave the prison even though he was released until the gov investigated ALL of the MB prisoners-
Egypt has been imprisoning and persecuting, executing and torturing members of the Ikhwan(MB) loooong before Mubarak came into office.
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/
I will (as will Morsi/mercy and the rest of the Islamic world) depend upon Ali Gomaa when it comes to homosexual rights.
And oh- the Gazans did NOT fire rockets into Israel yesterday.
They were just sitting ducks when the Rafah gate was closed.
The new president, Morsi, of the Muslim brotherhood, is backed by the US and one of the geopolitical analyst I follow on Twitter claims he is a CIA plant. He wasn't the original candidate of the Muslim brotherhood as I understand it, but it'll be interesting to see how long he stays.
The Constitution has to be written- the new one.
Not Mubarak's. Why would anyone amend that?
http://www.aljazeera.com/news...
Do you have anything more than what a random person on twitter says?
MB held a majority in Parliament- and SCAF dissolved it last week-
I'm not sure how you keep interpreting this as relinquishing control.
Mubarak's Constitution is on it's way out- it's been being debated for some time now-
so amending it to try to de-fang the authority of a new President- is- pointless- and again- NOT relinquishing control- but trying to hang onto power.
The military has already been doing the US bidding for decades-
that was never in question.
I think you make a grave error in imagining that Morsi and SCAF are equivalent in obedience and influence by the US though.
He's dealing directly with the IMF now. It's no surprise. Did you not even read his acceptance speech?
The part about the Constitution amendment(Not the original Constitution): here's an excerpt and a link from June 17th:
CAIRO — Egypt’s military leaders issued a constitutional decree Sunday that gave the armed forces sweeping powers and degraded the presidency to a subservient role, as the Muslim Brotherhood declared that its candidate had won the country’s presidential runoff election.
http://www.washingtonpost.com...
From a June 19 article, that points out the president will be virtually powerless:
"What did they do? The Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF), the junta led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, decreed that the military should govern its own affairs and effectively gave itself a veto over new legislation and the writing of a new constitution."
http://www.csmonitor.com/Worl...
Here's a blogger you may enjoy named Egyptian Chronicles:
http://egyptianchronicles.blo...
Here's a CNN article from today talking about the US educated president:
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/0...
I didn't realize I had posted a slur and if I did I am sorry. If you would kindly point it out, I would know in the future that that was a slur and I would never use it a...
The part about the Constitution amendment(Not the original Constitution): here's an excerpt and a link from June 17th:
CAIRO — Egypt’s military leaders issued a constitutional decree Sunday that gave the armed forces sweeping powers and degraded the presidency to a subservient role, as the Muslim Brotherhood declared that its candidate had won the country’s presidential runoff election.
http://www.washingtonpost.com...
From a June 19 article, that points out the president will be virtually powerless:
"What did they do? The Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF), the junta led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, decreed that the military should govern its own affairs and effectively gave itself a veto over new legislation and the writing of a new constitution."
http://www.csmonitor.com/Worl...
Here's a blogger you may enjoy named Egyptian Chronicles:
http://egyptianchronicles.blo...
Here's a CNN article from today talking about the US educated president:
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/0...
I didn't realize I had posted a slur and if I did I am sorry. If you would kindly point it out, I would know in the future that that was a slur and I would never use it again.
No, I didn't read his acceptance speech.
I wanted to follow you on twitter because I could see by your comment, on the post that I couldn't comment, that you were very knowledgeable on this subject of Egypt and I happen to be interested in that.
Thanks for replying.
Yes, the term "islamist" is a relatively new and invented journalistic term-
Here is one of my favorite ME analysts to follow-
https://twitter.com/#!/monael...
If you look at the questions I've asked here on my profile- you'll see several interesting posts on this topic. :)
Thanks for the link to Mona. I'm now following her and the C-SPAN twitter feed.
Here's a last link and excerpt that paints a dim picture of Egypt's future:
The the US-Israel controlled Egyptian military junta chose Mohamed Morsi as the one Muslim Brotherhood official who could run in the election, against an open Mubarakite, so he is undoubtedly owned lock, stock, and barrel. In a non-foreign policy area where he might have some say, Morsi is an economic statist of the worst sort. So the oppressed Egyptians can look forward to Mubarakism minus Mubarak.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/bl...
One sentence from an unknown person doesn't really constitute anything- it honestly sounds like a conspiracy theory someone is making up as they go along to fit in with some wider conspiracy world they've created.
So, I guess one red flag as to the intent or neutrality as well as knowledge of a source you are reading on the topic would be their use of the word 'islamist'.
A good example would be the article from CNN. There was so much that is just patently false in it- that I didn't even bother to rebut it.
Al Jazeera- is a great source.
Shafiq hysteria supporters after the victory of Mercy
Egyptian Tea Partyers-
https://www.youtube.com/watch...