re: #37 SanFranciscoZionist

I share your concern that what fills the power void in Libya may not be much of an improvement, but I’m curious as to why that doesn’t concern you in Egypt as well.

I didn’t see the protesters in Egypt holding english language signs or chanting death to American. It is my opinion that IF the MB was as organized and entrenched as some worry, they would have those picture signs with Ayatollah this, or Iman that…

I seriously do not think a new tyrant will be able to take hold in Egypt. It is my opinion that the people there will not trade one master for another…

I do understand that this is all-out civil war, whereas the Egyptian protests were largely nonviolent, however I think that reflects the pre-existing greater level of freedom and social order in Egypt, and the military’s willingness to swap out one dictator for another. Gaddafi, OTOH, opened fire early on on those resisting his regime.

That is a good theory, I just don’t see the back up for it. I don’t think Syria has this “pre-existing greater level of freedom and social order”, and the people there are still showing up and trying to stay non violent.