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Incredible footage of the largest protest in mankinds history!! Egypt's Revolution. (Original Post) midnight Jul 2013 OP
Wrong. Arctic Dave Jul 2013 #1
ditto dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #2
It was clear to me what was meant, JimDandy Jul 2013 #4
Excellent gopiscrap Jul 2013 #6
"I raise my glass to the Egyptians." Me too! Enthusiast Jul 2013 #12
'The U.S. spent nearly a trillion dollars on a pre-emptive war that didn’t need to happen" midnight Jul 2013 #10
Anyone who says Morsi didn't bring the people together is wrong - so to speak. dballance Jul 2013 #3
This would never be allowed to happen here! N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2013 #5
Only because people aren't (yet) willing to get hurt dickthegrouch Jul 2013 #7
Well said, thank you! N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2013 #8
This is what democracy in Egypt looks like Jack Rabbit Jul 2013 #9
This is the reason we have all the NSA spying on us BobbyBoring Jul 2013 #11
PLUS ONE! Enthusiast Jul 2013 #13
 

Arctic Dave

(13,812 posts)
1. Wrong.
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 10:39 AM
Jul 2013

That would be the protest against bush invading Iraq. It was worldwide, this is just one country.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
4. It was clear to me what was meant,
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 10:57 AM
Jul 2013

so in the spirit of today, a day of commemorating liberty for us, and a day of achieving liberty for them, they deserve to receive recognition for amassing the largest number of people in a protest in one place ever in the history of the world.

The world's people can be very proud that such a difficult undertaking was achieved in the Middle East, a region of the world where war, strife and tension are dealt with on a daily basis. I raise my glass to the Egyptians.

midnight

(26,624 posts)
10. 'The U.S. spent nearly a trillion dollars on a pre-emptive war that didn’t need to happen"
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 04:21 PM
Jul 2013

and a nation-building exercise that has achieved only fragile, uncertain gains. Far from a “mission accomplished,” the American adventure in Iraq has become a cautionary tale of hubris and poor planning. It’s clear the West’s current reluctance to take more direct action in ending Syria’s bloody civil war is, in part, a legacy of the U.S. experience in Iraq, where the disintegration of a regime spawned a whole new phase of sectarian slaughter and chaos.


http://world.time.com/2013/02/15/viewpoint-why-was-the-biggest-protest-in-world-history-ignored/


I went searching for some information on this....

 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
3. Anyone who says Morsi didn't bring the people together is wrong - so to speak.
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 10:54 AM
Jul 2013

He sure brought them together against him and his government.

Who's going to replace him and the MB? Who's the heir apparent?

dickthegrouch

(3,174 posts)
7. Only because people aren't (yet) willing to get hurt
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 12:49 PM
Jul 2013

to prove that in fact the entire country IS a free speech zone thanks to The Constitution.

Free speech zones are only tolerated by a people too cowed by supposed authority to declare them invalid.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
9. This is what democracy in Egypt looks like
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 03:08 PM
Jul 2013

The Egyptians just voted out Morsi the same way they voted out Mubarak.

I'm sure the Egyptians will get it right and perhaps sooner rather later. They have substantive democracy and are still working on the procedural part. In America, we first established procedural democracy and did such a good job of it that now upper class tyrants are trying to dismantle it before substantive democracy at long last takes root here.

BobbyBoring

(1,965 posts)
11. This is the reason we have all the NSA spying on us
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 08:30 PM
Jul 2013

The ruling class fears this can happen here. If everyone would turn off Dancing with the stars, Honey Boo Boo, etc, it could.

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