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Originally Posted by peter12
I understand where you are coming from, and I certainly prefer freedom over despotism, but as to your final sentence. I would say being a cheerleader is being an ostrich. This is not some simple idealized liberal revolution, where in the end, everything is alright. This is a brutal, confused struggle with no clear winner or ending. People are dying, and here we are simply cheering them on.
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I'd say this is more of a liberal struggle than a confused frenzied revolt. Its bound to be messy overthrowing 60 years of tyranny. The regime supporters are scared they'll be at the end of a noose if they lose. It might look bleak at the moment, but thats until Mubarak gives up. Theres nothing wrong with cheerleading your principles and beliefs in action, it sure beats pretending they're your beliefs until its inconvenient to uphold them.