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UnrepentantLiberal

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17. Yep.

Reply to JackRiddler (Reply #10)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:38 PM

Nov 2012

What do the people who hate the "Arab Spring" wish had happened? Leave the Dictators who were in the pocket of the West in power forever? They can't truthfully answer that because they don't have an answer. They just react.

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Violence in Egypt after Morsi assumes sweeping new powers [View all] question everything Nov 2012 OP

They should overthrow him ASAP jsr Nov 2012 #1

Is this what we can expect from the Arab Spring? glacierbay Nov 2012 #2

This is what we have been getting from the Arab Spring question everything Nov 2012 #5

Yep glacierbay Nov 2012 #6

Maybe this is what you can expect from 30 years of imperialism supporting Mubarak? JackRiddler Nov 2012 #10

Enough to know that Morsi glacierbay Nov 2012 #15

Yep. UnrepentantLiberal Nov 2012 #17

If this is true, Egypt just traded one despot in for a worse one. BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #3

Oh fuck it, the Middle East is hopeless. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #4

It's not. nt Deep13 Nov 2012 #9

meanwhile their one big industry, tourism, is moribund Mosby Nov 2012 #7

Is the judiciary part of the old regime? nt Deep13 Nov 2012 #8

"Fulfill the revolution" TomClash Nov 2012 #11

Meet the New Boss Wolf Frankula Nov 2012 #14

oppressive religions do not like freedom for the people nt msongs Nov 2012 #12

Caveat emptor. Elections have consequences. Etc. slackmaster Nov 2012 #13

Yep glacierbay Nov 2012 #16

Locking - duplicate thread muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #18