I see an economic diasater coming...

[triffid]

A dark day for Egypt! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/world/middleeast/egypt.html?hp&_r=0

[triffid]

A post from one reader whom I agree with---This was not unexpected. No country could allow a fringe elements occupying squares in a city. They have been there almost 6 weeks and despite requests and efforts at dialogue from the EU, US etc. the Muslim Brotherhood refused all negotiation and held tight on their demands. They knew that Morsi could never come back and that the MB constitution was not going to be restored -- yet they persisted in those demands.In any sense they asked for this forcible removal to happen. They chose this path. They would not negotiate, they would not join the political process despite inducements offered etc. In short they chose this path over national reconciliation showing themselves to be religious fanatics. They wanted to be martyrs and when someone has that mentality -- reason and dialogue is impossible.I hope the government can restore control quickly but I fear this will take a long time. and the MB will keep up the incitement and eventually they will be outlawed and driven underground as happened under Nasser.

[the_big_m_in_ok]

A dark day for Egypt! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/world/middleeast/egypt.html?hp&_r=0

Crap.   This brings back a bad memory.   I'm a veteran of the former protest, "Occupy S.F."   I was present in my tent when, at 1:45 A.M. exactly, the local S.F. cops raided the camp and tore it down.
Everyone, however, was given 25 mins. to get their things together and leave on their own without further incident against them.   I was one who left and went back out on the streets.   For 3 more weeks.   Then I found a bed at a special place(a drug/alacohol treatment shelter), the management of which allowed me to stay there---even though I don't have those problems---and I stayed in the women's wing with the other transgendered/transsexual tenents until I found my present apartment.

WHAT HAPPENED IN EGYPT WAS A CRIME!!!!!!!

Reading the news report hurt my heart.   I know, as a military veteran, what those weapons will do to someone who gets in the way of a bullet.   Okay, triffid.   You have a point:   The Muslim Brotherhood is dispicible.   Exactly.   But the Egyptian military isn't any better.
These people are wildly emotional when they're angry.   I had ancient ancestors from that part of the world and they're the same today as they were then.   A bloodbath may yet ensue, as it could be put.

--Lee

[profitis]

whats going to happen if a dollar collapse comes,a massive political vaccuum will breed all kinds of extremist ideologies of the right and left thats why i say now is the time for ideology renewal and it must be done fast before this point is reached. the elites may want to deflect this energy away from themselves and onto other parts of the globe meantime,this may ignite even bigger fires,fires that cant be put out.

[profitis]

funny.this page is co-incidentaly page num 666 in imode! Lol,omg