Middle East revolutions

[gregf]

After the overthrow of the Tunisian government a few weeks ago, and demonstrations
in many middle east countries, Hosni Mubarek has today resigned as Egypt's president.

Hopefully, more dictators will fall including in Libya, Syria and Iran. But why not
countries such as Saudi Arabia or Algeria as well.

It is interesting watching US neo-conservatives squirming. It has been their policy
to support many middle east dictators, including Mubarek, for decades. Yet how can
they be seen to be arguing against democracy and freedom ? They're trying at Fox.

No arguing about Turkey-Armenian history please.

[glennjridge]

your putting forth your world views from a paradise...like canada, your country really doesnt play the game like the US and Britain....we have to be a bit more realistic in the world, and its trial and error but I think we have no hopes for middle east muslims and most likely consider them too far gone. thats why Obama was confused as to what the correct policy should be on this.keep the devil we know and is agreeable to the US and britain, or possibly let in the devil's... plural who arent.

but your just playing sim earth.you can be as condescending as you want.theres no stake in it for you.you romanticize these protestors as if they are the "other" muslims, the good ones...you probably did also with the ones that came in after the shah. look at what rules Iran now.

[raggatwin]

Another incoherent, ill thought out 'argument'.

[Patrick Bateman]

I'm certainly looking forward to seeing the Queen's head on a spike.

[raggatwin]

I'm certainly looking forward to seeing the Queen's head on a spike.

Here here! Kate and 'Wills'. What a croc o shite!

[glennjridge]

Another incoherent, ill thought out 'argument'.

my point is iron clad. the radical fundamentalists are just too engrained in the middle east so much so you cant guess what will happen with egypt.western style freedom, or a gate to radical fundamentalists like happened in Iran after the fall of the shah.
unless you have a crystal ball and can see what will happen, as usual, you have no argument.move along.

[raggatwin]

Iron clad, just like those bombs the US have sold dictatorships all over the world so that their interests may be served.

As usual you use essentialist rhetoric -your lack of education may prevent you from knowing what this means, it means producing an argument that reduces a person to their essential properties such as 'race' gender or religion- arguemts that usually lack logic, the first rule of any 'debate'. I usually tell my students to start with wikipedia when they need to begin to understand the historical context of the probelms that we face today and the sociological reasoning that attempts to explain them, like my students though you should treat wikipedia with caution given its 'democratic' editing format.

At least Bateman is funny...,

Jog on, boy.

[raggatwin]

The shah was both a puppet and a prick. The americans and British were happy enough to deal with him for years. Khomeni was similarly a prick however if he were friendly towards imperialist intention then we would not think that as the imperiaist media would notb have told us so.

[glennjridge]

you are so easy.you'll read one of my posts and normally you drop in and post like half a paragraph about my lack of education, yet if I purposely post something that dares to be dismissive your constantly self proclaimed intellect you're all talky. 2 posts and a 4th time edit.get off yourself.you and your teaching style oh brother. you dont know anything except what your favorite news site tells you. we all have our Fox's.

[raggatwin]

i had to edit it for no other reason that i find it difficult to type on a blackberry. Your 'arguements' are still crap....

[glennjridge]

and I'm pretty sure your the worst kind of teacher possible. the insufferable never turned off "intelligentsia" type.
you know, your students are kindergarten kids and they go home and say things like mommy, I just want to play with the toys but the teacher keeps telling us about some bad place called Israel.

there I used one of your style big words ...intelligentsia.its not that hard. stuff that in your pipe.

[raggatwin]

Nope wrong on all counts. I was once a member of Labour Friends of Israel....Another of your sweeping generalisations countered hombre.

[glennjridge]

eitherway, I'm pretty sure your schools bathroom is full of student graffiti saying you suck.

[raggatwin]

Yawn.

[glennjridge]

yawn?! you're the person who was posting an involved message from the tiny keys of a blackberry 4 times to respond to some american you dont even know or rate on a music forum.
I have a baby daughter.I'm chained to an apartment involving myself in this retarded back and forth due to all my goodtimes and social life being over.