So How Lucky Is BHO?

[MikeBjerum]

Getting comfortable with the military in charge?
 I hate to sound like a bastard, but as a political scientist its kind of my job.
Honest question. Do you really give a damn who rules Egypt so long as they serve our interests? I thought not. Let whoever emerges from this mess as president win, just so long as they understand they need to honor the peace treaty with Israel and contain the Jihadis. Beyond that, I don't give a rat's rear end about the rest of it. I don't live there and I'm not planning on retiring in Cairo. To quote that consumate bastard Kissenger, "Foriegn policy should be concerned with the external behavior of nations, not their internal policies". Wise words and ones we would do well to heed. Let muslim fanatics take power. As long as they content themselves with oppressing their own people and don't export Jihad to our shores I have zero grounds for complaint. The Egyptians can decide what form of government they have for themselves. As long as tey don't threaten us its not our problem. Again, I sound like an SOB here, but the fact is that a whole lot more blood has been spilled by idealists than has been spilled by realists. And that is where I rest my case.
FQ13

As far as I'm concerned we can tell them to do whatever they want, but if the F with us, our friends or the shipping lanes through the Canal we will turn them to glass!

The last thing Pres. BHO should have done is encourage the protesters to continue unless he is prepared for others to do the same for us.  Maybe the French will purchase air time and ink to influence our 2012 elections.

[twyacht]

It's not just Egypt, look at a map of the region. There is "something afoot" in a whole bunch of Muslim countries. Seems the folks are getting frustrated with long standing "moderate" dictators.

I guess the current supply of goats is getting rather boring  . The majority of these populations are 35 or younger.  Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan, Somalia, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Turkey, a few "stan countries" all having large Muslim influence and unrest at different levels.

Who's biding their time and waiting patiently?  Oh,...just folks like the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, factions of Al-Quaeda, different levels of different groups that have three things in common, regardless:

"Death To America"
"Death To Israel"
"Sharia Law through an Islamic Caliphate"

They don't need to get to the top,...ONLY get in the door. Hamas was never supposed to win elections either.

84% of Egyptian "inspiring young revolutionaries" APPROVE OF STONING YOUR WIFE AND HONOR KILLING.

One country, with a nuclear Iran, enabling and starting s**t, is all it takes. Israel, will turn the region to glass, long before we launch a damn thing.

The 12th Imam will be back, aka Armageddon, aka WWIII. How's that hopey / changey stuff workin?

[tombogan03884]

I had the same thought.
Last night I watched some reporter interviewing the crowd. The general comment was "We are weeping with joy".
I wondered what they would be saying this time next year ?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110213/wl_nm/us_egypt


CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's new military rulers said on Sunday they had dissolved parliament, suspended the constitution and would govern only for six months or until elections took place, following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.

In a statement, the Higher Military Council which took over after 18 days of protest ended Mubarak's 30-year rule, promised a referendum on constitutional amendments.

The initial response from opposition figures and protest leaders was overwhelmingly positive. "Victory, victory," chanted pro-democracy activists in Cairo's Tahrir Square. "More is needed, more is needed," others yelled.

"It is a victory for the revolution," said opposition politician Ayman Nour, who challenged Mubarak for the presidency in 2005 and was later jailed on forgery charges which he said were rigged. "I think this will satisfy the protesters."

Mahmoud Nassar, a youth movement leader, said: "The army has moved far along to meet the people's demands and we urge it to release all political prisoners who were taken before and after January 25 revolution. Only then will we call off the protests."


Do these fools realize that whatever protections they had are now gone ?
They are dumb enough to be Democrats.

[MikeBjerum]

The big picture we need to remember is that the goal of the Muslim Brotherhood is to create an Islamic world.  If we do not focus on what that issue above all else we will miss the simple fact that we are on the "overthrow" list.

We need to get the Whitehouse and its minions to quit rejoicing in all this upheaval in that region and pray that they start focusing on what this snowball that has been pushed over the crest of the hill is growing into.  Sadly I do not read enough history to keep all the events in the right order, and sometimes I miss name things, but here I go:  Think of this as the beginning of the Romans spreading through Europe and the middle east; the Christian forces during the Crusades; and Americans as they conquered our portion of North America in such a small span of time.  If we don't remember these times we will not recognize how simply this force gaining momentum in our world can overrun us all!

I won't get into the whole political issue of what a "Christian Nation" is and whether we are, were or will be, but the United States of America was built on Judeo Christian values and it is those values and beliefs that crafted our founding documents and most of our first two centuries of moral expectations as a society.  Do we want this nation to return to being a melting port where newcomers blend into our existing stew while adding a little flavor, or do we become a multi-item plate of individual separate that never blends but fights to be number one?

Their forces are organized, distributed and active.  We need to decide if we will just roll over and let it happen to us on our soil, or if we are willing to fight them on all levels with all means necessary.