tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post4750371254329066441..comments2024-03-28T09:38:52.661-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: The Egyptians' Victorythwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-43552112636519575652011-02-21T16:21:03.152-05:002011-02-21T16:21:03.152-05:00"[T]he whole sham of capitalist democracy ......"[T]he whole sham of capitalist democracy ..."<br /><br />nigga pls ur mentalNomennovumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661874416886153923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-1655504793816019002011-02-14T10:12:09.632-05:002011-02-14T10:12:09.632-05:00trevorus,
While i think that some in the Middle E...trevorus,<br /><br />While i think that some in the Middle East have embraced racist anti-Jewish drivel, I think it's based on the very real kernel of Israeli imperialism.<br /><br />The area used to be very tolerant of other "People of The Book" up until the 1950s. Only Palestine had anti-Jewish riots and that was for the local reality of Jewish immigration and eviction of Arab tenants.<br /><br />I can't make myself believe that the Arab side is mainly motivated by racism.<br /><br />I can't say that for the expansionists. Dehumanizing your victims is apparently an essential part of the process.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-86245112636828222172011-02-13T15:59:44.254-05:002011-02-13T15:59:44.254-05:00i always thought taibbi summed the middle east and...i always thought taibbi summed the middle east and their ethnocentric woes up quite nicely when he wrote that they are "two groups of racist assholes endlessly killing each other."<br /><br />...as he was tearing that twat thomas friedman a new cornhole..<br /><br /><br /><br />http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/23/tom-friedman-strikes-again/trevorusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-76354013949678775972011-02-12T18:36:08.449-05:002011-02-12T18:36:08.449-05:00MM,
I liked your Ha'aretz link. But I can'...MM,<br /><br />I liked your Ha'aretz link. But I can't even be bothered to pretend that bush II and the neo-con scum were ever serious about democracy in the Middle East.<br /><br />http://thwapschoolyard.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-minor-details.htmlthwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-67036151735255910902011-02-12T17:45:52.819-05:002011-02-12T17:45:52.819-05:00Didn't mean it as a throwaway-follow the discu...Didn't mean it as a throwaway-follow the discussion here if you like:<br /><br />http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/egypts-revolution-bushs-victory/?ref=opinionMarky Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465497859724027212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-78717373707510221092011-02-12T17:43:07.253-05:002011-02-12T17:43:07.253-05:00Hunh.
Don't know how i missed that throw-away...Hunh.<br /><br />Don't know how i missed that throw-away comment about the neocons.<br /><br />All the usual suspects appeared leery of genuine democracy in Egypt.<br /><br />Of course, my original reply to Marky Mark was an incoherent mess too.<br /><br />I'm very distracted these days. Still trying to post for the point of forcing myself to think.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-23504191685796636512011-02-12T17:31:34.157-05:002011-02-12T17:31:34.157-05:00…this democratic revolution is the outcome that ma...<i>…this democratic revolution is the outcome that many neocons hoped for. </i><br /><br />…since <i>when</i>, exactly? Perhaps I missed Dubya et al.’s strenuous attempts to foster the democratization of Egypt.<br /><br />I always assumed that the millions in military aid sent to Egypt were earmarked for the maintenance of Mubarak’s thuggish and brutal regime.Sir Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052750849770350973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-67893690193529303812011-02-12T11:22:30.833-05:002011-02-12T11:22:30.833-05:00Nice to read an Israeli source that isn't make...Nice to read an Israeli source that isn't make self-interested anti-democratic statements.<br /><br />Not that I've been looking. There are doubtless many more. And I agree. Israel's power is such that it is safe. What has changed is the "era of hegemony" as the writer says.<br /><br />Hopefully this is an end to expansionism, carried out under the heading "peace process."thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-2914769541862928292011-02-12T10:40:07.713-05:002011-02-12T10:40:07.713-05:00This may be a winning result for everyone:
http:/...This may be a winning result for everyone:<br /><br />http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/egypt-unrest-could-improve-israel-ties-1.342648<br /><br />One thing missing from the overall discussion seems to me to be that this democratic revolution is the outcome that many neocons hoped for.Marky Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465497859724027212noreply@blogger.com