There is little to be jubilant about Mubarrak's downfall. Having lived through four or five military uprisings and coups (in Argentina), the Communiqué Number One sounds awfully similar to one. Egypt is under the military since Gamal Abdel Nasser's coup. “The armed forces are committed to sponsor the legitimate demands of the people,” the statement declared. But weeks of rioting has a momentum that will be difficult to downwind. Only a few days ago there were spontaneous mass pogroms against Christian Copts in Egypt.
BTW, what is happening in Tunisia?
LAMPEDUSA, Feb 11, 2011 (AFP) - Italy on Friday warned of a looming immigration "emergency" and appealed for European Union assistance, as coast guards intercepted hundreds of undocumented immigrants sailing from Tunisia. "There is a risk of a real humanitarian emergency," Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said. The uprising in Egypt and last month's revolt in Tunisia are leading to a "mass flight" to Italian shores by immigrants, he added."That answers my question. But what is happening in Iran?
Iran is electronically jamming the BBC's Persian language television broadcasts over its coverage of the mass protests in Egypt, Britain's state broadcaster said on Friday. The interference began on Thursday evening after the BBC's Iranian service showed extensive rolling news coverage from the demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak.
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The Shah left on 2.11 also. But we wouldn't want the Iranians to get any ideas - meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
In the movie Charlie Wilson's War, when the Islamists kick the Soviets out of Afghanistan , Charlie is overjoyed but his wise CIA contact (this is a work of fiction after all) says "we'll see" [how it all turns out] (foreshadowing 9/11 - the movie was made in 2007). Charlie asks what he means and the CIA agent tells this parable:
There was a little boy, and on his 14th birthday he gets a horse.
And everybody in the village says, "How wonderful! The boy got a horse."
And the Zen master says, "We'll see."
Two years later, the boy falls
off the horse, breaks his leg.
And everybody in the village says, "How terrible!"
And the Zen master says, "We'll see."
Then a war breaks out, and all the young men have to go off and fight, except the boy can't 'cause
his leg's all messed up.
And everybody in the village
says, "How wonderful!"
And the Zen master says,
"We'll see."
So as to whether Mubarrak leaving is good or bad, we'll see.
K
Who are the "immigrants" who are taking to the waters? I thought the Tunisian revolution was led by secularists who want only Enlightenment values to prevail.
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