Turmoil in Egypt

[Mr Efficiency]

Were it not for the canal, Egypt would not make the news. Nor would we have heard of Rommel !

 

[powerabout]

Were it not for the canal, Egypt would not make the news. Nor would we have heard of Rommel !

and the Australian Army Light Horse!!
One of my grandfathers was there and returned.

 

[Mr Efficiency]

and the Australian Army Light Horse!!
One of my grandfathers was there and returned.

Beersheeba ? I guess they were there to keep the canal in the "right" hands. Certainly without the canal and the proximity of Israel, Egypt's problems today would not rate as newsworthy.

 

[powerabout]

Beersheeba ? I guess they were there to keep the canal in the "right" hands. Certainly without the canal and the proximity of Israel, Egypt's problems today would not rate as newsworthy.

I wonder what the deal is to prevent Israel from digging a new one...
cheap gas from Egypt?

 

[powerabout]

Beersheeba ? I guess they were there to keep the canal in the "right" hands. Certainly without the canal and the proximity of Israel, Egypt's problems today would not rate as newsworthy.

Funnily enough it was Egypt that conspired with Russia to hammer Israel otherwise we would never hear about Israel either and the US would not be interested they only had connections and interest in Saudi.
Those failed Middle East states are 100% to blame for the situation they are in today which is no better then where they were 50 - 100 years ago.

 

[hoytedow]

Well, you can't blame the British.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal

"The British government had opposed the project of the canal from the outset to its completion. As one of the diplomatic moves against the canal, it disapproved the use of "slave labor" of forced workers on the canal. The British Empire was the major global naval force and officially condemned the forced work and sent armed Bedouins to start a revolt among workers. Involuntary labour on the project ceased, and the viceroy condemned the corvée, halting the project."

 

[TeddyDiver]

Update. Looks calm, anyway where I'm right now... Ramadan might have something to do with it.

 

[El_Guero]

This is a purely poltiical topic.

This is an outrageous example of a purely political topic and should have been shut down immediately!

Then again, this topic is proof that every now and then, politics do drive the world. And we should remember and respect politics as well as our political differences.

I thank God that Egypt and Syria have not seen millions killed, and have only seen hundreds of thousands and tens of thousands killed.

May peace return to the Middle East.

Wayne

 

[powerabout]

why would peace return to the middle east..they all hate each other?

 

[TeddyDiver]

This is an outrageous example of a purely political topic and should have been shut down immediately!


May peace return to the Middle East.

Wayne

Boat pictures later this week... Chear up

 

[thudpucker]

Democracy is a rule by Mob! All the different Mobs, with different agenda's, create a huge chaos.

It will be an awesome chore to change any Islamic state to the 'Rule of Law', as in the Republic of the U.S.
The Mob's wont listen anything they don't want to hear.

 

[ancient kayaker]

This is an outrageous example of a purely political topic . . . Wayne

- and religion and a little economy too, but mostly I'm here for the hope.

 

[ancient kayaker]

Democracy is a rule by Mob! All the different Mobs, with different agenda's, create a huge chaos.

It will be an awesome chore to change any Islamic state to the 'Rule of Law', as in the Republic of the U.S. . . .

- one step at a time. First ensure the mob that is ruling is your own mob . . .

 

[TeddyDiver]

It's no chaos here for sure... err, except the trafic of course.

 

[troy2000]

Democracy is a rule by Mob! All the different Mobs, with different agenda's, create a huge chaos.

It will be an awesome chore to change any Islamic state to the 'Rule of Law', as in the Republic of the U.S.
The Mob's wont listen anything they don't want to hear.

I shouldn't even have to say this: the United States of America is a representative republic. It is also a representative democracy. Any attempt to claim the two are mutually exclusive is asinine, as are claims that democracy is nothing but mob rule or anarchy.

And please don't respond with simpleminded Glenn Beck talking points - or even worse, bogus Thomas Jefferson quotes - about how evil democracy is.

The political movement and outlook Thomas Jefferson represented was known in his day (and is still known today) as Jeffersonian Democracy. At its core was a passionate belief in Republicanism.