Comments on You dance with the one that brung yaTypePad2011-01-31T08:46:47ZDavid Bognerhttps://www.treppenwitz.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.treppenwitz.com/2011/01/you-dance-with-the-one-that-brung-ya/comments/atom.xml/ED commented on 'You dance with the one that brung ya'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0148c83b1fc2970c2011-02-01T16:34:24Z2011-02-01T16:34:24ZEDEgypt is a military dictatorship,and I don`t see that changing no matter elections or what civilian front men are put...<p>Egypt is a military dictatorship,and I don`t see that changing no matter elections or what civilian front men are put forward. The economy and the military depend on tourism,energy, and stability. Once Mubarak is gone, count on the generals to protect their political and economic interests. </p>Elisson commented on 'You dance with the one that brung ya'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0147e2316b49970b2011-02-01T15:19:10Z2011-02-01T15:19:10ZElissonhttp://cheeseaisle.blogspot.com@Atlanta Roofing HQ - Assuming you live here in Georgia and enjoy the benefits of living in a civilized Western...<p>@Atlanta Roofing HQ - Assuming you live here in Georgia and enjoy the benefits of living in a civilized Western country with freedom of expression, and assuming you read my comment above, the result of the unrest in Egypt will end up being anything BUT a democracy when all is said and done. Populist uprisings inevitably start with democratic aspirations... and they get replaced promptly by better-organized people who don't give a rat's ass about democracy. Look at Iran. Look at the Soviet Union. When the Muslim Brotherhood takes over Egypt, there will be zero democracy... and those folks are no friend to America or the West, either.</p>
<p>Now go take your Jew-hating ass away and peddle your papers elsewhere.</p>
<p>(David, I apologize for the tone of my remarks. Feel free to edit or delete them if you feel that they are inappropriate or violate your comments policy.) </p>Atlanta Roofing HQ commented on 'You dance with the one that brung ya'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0147e22e67c5970b2011-02-01T06:46:56Z2011-02-01T06:46:56ZAtlanta Roofing HQhttp://tiny.cc/yzwq2Israel, likes to call itself the only democracy in a sea of Arab dictatorships…well now we have this ‘democracy’ actually...<p>Israel, likes to call itself the only democracy in a sea of Arab dictatorships…well now we have this ‘democracy’ actually calling for the western powers to SUPPORT one of those Arab dictatorships! one to remember next time a zionist makes his shrill claims.</p>Elisson commented on 'You dance with the one that brung ya'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0148c83661be970c2011-02-01T03:08:37Z2011-02-01T03:08:37ZElissonhttp://cheeseaisle.blogspot.comMy friend Houston Steve made a good observation at breakfast the other day, pointing out that in virtually every historical...<p>My friend Houston Steve made a good observation at breakfast the other day, pointing out that in virtually every historical example of a successful revolution (<i>i.e.</i>, one that succeeds in overthrowing the existing government), the populist movement that galvanizes the support for change - thus allowing the movement to succeed - inevitably ends up handing its new-found power over to a successor group that is better-organized and far more ruthless. Examples are (among many others) the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, and the Iranian revolution. In the latter, the students led the takeover... but it was the clerics who ended up seizing and holding power. And we all know what happened to Kerensky <i>et al.</i> in 1917.</p>
<p>In Egypt, the popular will may succeed in eliminating (or seriously weakening) Mubarak - but the popular will is disorganized, inchoate. Organized forces like the Muslim Brotherhood will move in, and it ain't gonna be pretty.</p>