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MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. It figures--he'd better get in there while the Brethren still have an iron grip on power.
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 01:00 PM
Feb 2013

They're starting to look more and more alike, those two countries--can the religious police, beating women for not wearing Islamic dress, be far behind in Egypt?

Actually, these days, there is a difference between the two leaders--Morsi still has a grip on the reins of power, notwithstanding some serious pushback from people in the streets who are realizing that this government was a BAAAAAD idea, while Ahmadinejad is a mere puppet of Khameini and has had what little power he had stripped from him--even his cronies were disallowed from the ballot in the last election. The wee ex-mayor of Teheran has Khameini's puppet hand up his butt,, and he won't say anything that is not approved by the ulema.

This will get complicated, as we pay Egypt a fortune every year in bribes to keep peace with Israel in foreign military sales and assistance.



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