Doomy doom doom doom!

[elfs]

Glenn Beck this morning, talking about his career: "I don't... I just don't... see how this will end well."

Oh, wait, he was talking about Egypt.

Unless there's a nuclear exchange, I'm sure we'll muddle through, humanity being what it is.

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[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Egypt has survived 5,000 years despite multiple ass-kickings at the hands of the Israelis, the Romans, The Greeks, the Turks, the Persians, and even, briefly, the French, and being more or less bought out by the British and then being set free. They don't really have a quarrel with us at the moment, so unless they go picking on Israel again, they likely will survive another five thousand. Modulo nuclear fire, as you mentioned.

Glenn Beck? I think he's on his way out. At least of Fox. Maybe, if his depression gets the best of him, of this plane completely.

I can't bring myself to be happy about that; how one guy, and more than that an entire multinational media juggernaut, can come to be so... *hidebound* is the word that comes to mind... continuing down the path of doom even though the light in front of you is enough to bounce of yourself and illuminate the "BNSF" logo and the diesel horn is screaming in your ears and the ground is shaking as 200 tons of prime mover hurtles relentlessly towards you.... but, no, that light must be the sun, it MUST be... GOD says it is! And anyone who says otherwise is a HEATHERN!

Far be it from me to get between him and his Maker.

[darrelx.livejournal.com]

It's not Egypt that people are worried about... it's Saudi Arabia and Israel (and several other nations) who have had Egypt (namely President Mubarek) to rely on to help keep the peace.

He may have been an oppressive leader, but he also has been a major player these last 29 years in keeping the peace in the most volatile region on the planet.

It all comes down to who replaces him. Will it be better, and did we just go from bad to worse?

[shunra.livejournal.com]

PEACE?

Are we talking the peace of "Operation Cast Lead", 2008? Or of Lebanon War II, 2006? Or of the 2nd Intifada and Operation Defensive Shield?
Or maybe the "peace" of Israel's occupation of Lebanon? Or of Gaza? Or maybe the "peace" of a siege on Gaza?

If you're seeing peace in the Middle East, you've got your TV tuned to an alternate universe.

[darrelx.livejournal.com]

I'm talking about a lot more peace because Egypt helped broker it than there would have been otherwise.

I did also say it was the most volatile region on the planet. Without Mubarek, it would have been even more so.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_candide_/]

I've been listening mainly to the CBC regarding the situation in Egypt. And I've learned some interesting things not covered on this side of the border:

• The new Egyptian VP used to be Egypt's Main Torturer, and is known for being especially cruel and sadistic.
• Coptic Christians encircled a group of Muslim protesters one of this past Fridays, to protect them while they were praying. That struck me as a show of unity and returning the favor from last December. "You had our backs, now we have yours," it seemed to say to me.
• The Muslim Brotherhood has been shouted down by others, chanting, "We are All Egyptians," at them.
• The protesters come from all walks of life, and many age groups.
• Some of the captured looters evidently had IDs revealing them to be members of the Police and/or State Security apparatus.
• Protesters inciting or committing violence, when detained by other protesters were also members of the Police and/or State Security apparatus, by their IDs.

So, at least for now, Egypt is looking very much like the Phillipines when they drove out Marcos.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.