Buckle up y'all! We're headed for a second thread with this subject, more or less.I wondered when that great freedom-loving state we went to bat for would start to make noises. They are after all the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers. Or was that the Mujahideen?
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Re: Unrest in Egypt
What do the Kuwaiti's have to complain about? They don't have to work. They have foreigners do it for them. They simply get their petro-dollars and do nothing.
I can't see this one being sustained for too long.
I wondered when that great freedom-loving state we went to bat for would start to make noises. They are after all the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers. Or was that the Mujahideen?
What do the Kuwaiti's have to complain about? They don't have to work. They have foreigners do it for them. They simply get their petro-dollars and do nothing.
I can't see this one being sustained for too long.
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Libya and Bahrain are not going the way of Egypt.
Libya and Bahrain are not going the way of Egypt.
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AJE Bahrain witness reporting the Ministry of Interior fired tear gas on the protesters during prayer, and then the army fired live rounds.
The Iraqi government declared a curfew tonight after anti-government demonstrations in multiple cities.
AJE Bahrain witness reporting the Ministry of Interior fired tear gas on the protesters during prayer, and then the army fired live rounds.
The Iraqi government declared a curfew tonight after anti-government demonstrations in multiple cities.
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If you understand whichever language they are using, you can listen to Radio Free Benghazi. The protesters have taken over state radio and are broadcasting their message to the people.
If you understand whichever language they are using, you can listen to Radio Free Benghazi. The protesters have taken over state radio and are broadcasting their message to the people.
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Gotta wonder how long Libya will let that go on until they just bomb the building.
Gotta wonder how long Libya will let that go on until they just bomb the building.
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Libya has turned off the Internet.
Libya has turned off the Internet.
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Edit: There's reportedly a massacre (beyond what I posted above) in Libya right now, but the whole country is locked down.
Edit: There's reportedly a massacre (beyond what I posted above) in Libya right now, but the whole country is locked down.
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Patman
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why are we surprised by this... Moamar isn't just wacky... most of these guys aren't wacky... most of them are thugs. They rule as thugs, they command as thugs. These are the same people who can liquidate a "member" of their own "tribe" (as if pan-Persian/Arab/NorthAfrican is one happy family) in the Palestinians in the 80s without a peep from the international community.
Believe it or not folks most of these places don't really care or abide by the playbook of western liberalism... hell... Egypt in its happy anti-Jew rape of a well known reporter betrayed this (oh, but they must have been secret Mubarak supporters... the whole country is repressed like this... its considered one of the worst places for foreign women in the world before this whole thing). They may want the end of their dictator... but don't be shocked if it doesn't happen to follow that they're doing this because they want to be just like us or because they are just like us. Sorry that this needs to be pointed out. These twisted, manipulated, repressed cultures don't exactly go according to plan.
Edit: There's reportedly a massacre (beyond what I posted above) in Libya right now, but the whole country is locked down.
why are we surprised by this... Moamar isn't just wacky... most of these guys aren't wacky... most of them are thugs. They rule as thugs, they command as thugs. These are the same people who can liquidate a "member" of their own "tribe" (as if pan-Persian/Arab/NorthAfrican is one happy family) in the Palestinians in the 80s without a peep from the international community.
Believe it or not folks most of these places don't really care or abide by the playbook of western liberalism... hell... Egypt in its happy anti-Jew rape of a well known reporter betrayed this (oh, but they must have been secret Mubarak supporters... the whole country is repressed like this... its considered one of the worst places for foreign women in the world before this whole thing). They may want the end of their dictator... but don't be shocked if it doesn't happen to follow that they're doing this because they want to be just like us or because they are just like us. Sorry that this needs to be pointed out. These twisted, manipulated, repressed cultures don't exactly go according to plan.
Edit: There's reportedly a massacre (beyond what I posted above) in Libya right now, but the whole country is locked down.
Wouldn't be that surprised by that. Only thing is that they would have to get them all at once, or else they're just going to keep on protesting or telling the story of what happened.
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Oman raised their minimum wage 43% yesterday. I'm sure it was a complete coincidence.
This is an example of how life may improve for people even if a particular government doesn't fall, as rulers scramble to buy off dissent. Nothing sharpens the mind like the sight of the gallows.
Oman raised their minimum wage 43% yesterday. I'm sure it was a complete coincidence.
This is an example of how life may improve for people even if a particular government doesn't fall, as rulers scramble to buy off dissent. Nothing sharpens the mind like the sight of the gallows.
Patman
Rodent of Unusual Size
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Multiplying by zero still leaves zero. Slavery, though outlawed, is practiced. There is no minimum wage for foreign workers.
Multiplying by zero still leaves zero. Slavery, though outlawed, is practiced. There is no minimum wage for foreign workers.
bronconick
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Re: Unrest in Egypt
Video of a speech by Gadhafi's son on CNN right now. He claims that the police and army were defending themselves and that the army made a mistake when firiing on the crowds. He also says the protestors are on drugs. And that many of the protestors are immigrants who have been paid. He of course says that foreign media is not telling the whole story and what they are saying is lies. Hundreds have not been killed. Says its a lot of prisoners and criminals in the protestors. Basically putting the spin on things that you would expect.
Video of a speech by Gadhafi's son on CNN right now. He claims that the police and army were defending themselves and that the army made a mistake when firiing on the crowds. He also says the protestors are on drugs. And that many of the protestors are immigrants who have been paid. He of course says that foreign media is not telling the whole story and what they are saying is lies. Hundreds have not been killed. Says its a lot of prisoners and criminals in the protestors. Basically putting the spin on things that you would expect.