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NNN0LHI

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9. Any idea why Mohamed ElBaradei didn't run for president?

Reply to EFerrari (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 01:52 PM

Jun 2012

Well spoken, impeccable credentials, experienced in both political and international diplomacy. Every time he would have held a news conference the international media would have been there reporting what he said.

He could have changed things.

Don

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In Egypt the liberals did all the heavy lifting but then they took their eye off the ball [View all] NNN0LHI Jun 2012 OP

I've been reading the twitter feeds of about 20 revolutionaries EFerrari Jun 2012 #1

Any idea why Mohamed ElBaradei didn't run for president? NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #9

He doesnt have Egyptian support iirc. He was part of Mubarak's cabinet for a long while riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #11

I really don't know his status right now. EFerrari Jun 2012 #14

This is Mona Seif talking about SCAF EFerrari Jun 2012 #2

This is her brother, Alaa EFerrari Jun 2012 #3

Sorry Don, you're blaming the victim here. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #4

But the post is valuable because it shows EFerrari Jun 2012 #5

That's true. I knew when the Prez started using the phrase "orderly transition" that Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #6

Truth TheKentuckian Jun 2012 #10

Yep. EFerrari Jun 2012 #12

But the victims are also, in a way I can't completely quantify, self-harming Mairead Jun 2012 #8

Oh, please. Naming your values is not self harming EFerrari Jun 2012 #13

What??? Mairead Jun 2012 #15

Maybe I didn't understand you post. EFerrari Jun 2012 #16

Maybe that was a bad choice of term on my part Mairead Jun 2012 #17

If part of your point is that appeals to ethics don't work on thugs, EFerrari Jun 2012 #18

"For that part of the populace, speaking out clearly against abuse may be very important." Mairead Jun 2012 #19

Its not that simple. I believe the protesters are TRYING to persist riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #7