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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 09:32 AM
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In Egypt: "The Government Is Losing Patience"
Well then those bothersome little protestors should fold their tents and go home. Didn't they get some concessions, it should be enough. Really, don't they understand that daddy government is the one who says what's what and those naughty people better start behaving or they will be given a time out?
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Bragi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 09:33 AM
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1. They won't lose patience until the U.S tells them to /nt
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 09:46 AM
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2. The Freaking Arrogance Of That Statement
Just burns me
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Bragi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 10:36 AM
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4. You doubt that Mubarak is a U.S client dictator? /nt
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 10:11 AM
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3. Do you have a link? nt
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 11:33 AM
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11. Did 4 dead in Ohio save Nixon?
No. The link went the other way.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 11:53 AM
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12. I mean, do you have a link to the article. nt
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 02:16 PM
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13. Heard It On The News Read On The Today Show
But here a link to a similar story though it doesn't seem to have the eat quote I heard this morning. Also, in the article below, I question the words "newlt wlwcted" as that missing element, elections, is the key to the protests.

Omar Suleiman is losing patience with pro-democracy crowd

”Newly elected vice president Omar Suleiman seems mildly annoyed that the crowds in Tahrir Square have gained numbers since the televised appearance of Wael Ghonim, shortly after his release from state security police. He would have hoped that after having been seen on national TV with ABC's Christiane Amanpour, where he lied through his teeth, it would have been over and done with. After all, he kept repeating that the government was attentive to the needs of the people; he was not aware of attacks on journalists, and opined that most likely, foreign elements were involved, just as those very same foreign elements were behind the popular protests which have rocked Egypt since January 25, 2011. In his estimation, Egyptian people don't do these kinds of things, so naturally, outside forces are behind the uprising.

Let us remind Mr. Suleiman that the first word out of his administration was that the Muslim Brotherhood was behind the whole thing. Having miserably failed at finding any proof to that claim, we then heard more blah blah blah about al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israeli agents, and now 'foreign elements' that continue to fuel Suleiman's delusional mind.

Continue reading on Examiner.com:






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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 10:39 AM
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5. Saw the same mindset in 1989.
And the tyrants around the globe are getting worried.



Tiananmen
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 11:12 AM
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6. What exactly did Tiananmen Square accomplish anyway?
Was there a single change in how the Government operated?
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Bragi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 11:27 AM
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9. Lots of impact, mostly not good
Bad results happen when you have a failed uprising in an authoritarian country.

Do a google search on "Tiananmen Square impact" and you'll get lots of sources.

The lesson: If you organize an uprising, you have to defeat the government. If you don't, you're screwed.

I think there's a Shakespeerian line that covers it that says something like this: "If you strike against the King, you must kill the King."
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 11:27 AM
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10. What did the Hungarian rebellion or the Czech Spring accomplish?
If you don't try, you don't get nothing.
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 08:54 PM
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14. The commies did what they ''had to do'' to remain in power. The massacre did show us one thing...
...and that is who's on what side when it comes to tyranny.

On one side:

What a few key players reported on the 20th anniversary. (Forgive the translation and the mis-identification of the "Statue of Democracy.")

On the other side:

Know your BFEE: Olympic Games Show Who’s Best Friends Forever with Authoritarians and Dictators
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 11:19 AM
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7. Aw, is Daddy going to get upset? Really really upset, if he doesn't get his way soon? nt
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seafan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-11 11:26 AM
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8. "We can't bear this for a long time, and there must be an end to this crisis as soon as possible."
"We can't bear this for a long time, and there must be an end to this crisis as soon as possible." ----Vice President Omar Suleiman, February 9, 2011


CAIRO – A young Google executive who helped ignite Egypt's uprising energized a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands Tuesday with his first appearance in their midst after being released from 12 days in secret detention. "We won't give up," he promised at one of the biggest protests yet in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Once a behind-the-scenes Internet activist, 30-year-old Wael Ghonim has emerged as an inspiring voice for a movement that has taken pride in being a leaderless "people's revolution." Now, the various activists behind it — including Ghonim — are working to coalesce into representatives to push their demands for President Hosni Mubarak's ouster.

With protests invigorated, Vice President Omar Suleiman issued a sharply worded warning, saying of the protests in Tahrir, "We can't bear this for a long time, and there must be an end to this crisis as soon as possible," in a sign of growing impatience with 16 days of mass demonstrations.

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February 4, 2011:


Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman has denied that pro-government elements killed protesters during violent unrest in Cairo.

When asked in an interview about shooting into the crowds of protesters that have gathered at Cairo's Tehrir Square, Suleiman replied, in English: 'No. Nobody being killed by rifles or by snipers. No way.'

In the interview by Christiane Amanpour from America's ABC network, she questioned again whether the newly appointed vice president was denying that pro-government forces killed protesters in the square.

He said, 'They behaved very well.'

Suleiman also said that Egyptian forces would 'not use any violence against' the protesters.

'But we will ask them to go home. And we will ask their parents to ask them to come home.'

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Why, yes, this is just about some 'unruly children'.


So says Suleiman: The CIA's man in Cairo.







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