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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
You can't take one country as crazy as they've become and copy paste special values across the entire middle east. Apart from the media frenzy about the muslim brotherhood, which isnt a terrorist organization according to the US state department, have we seen any tangible evidence of fanatical Islam from the demonstrations? We havent seen the usual anti-America and anti-Israeli posters and burning flags that goes part and parcel with that. Where's Egypt's Kohmeini? Chances are since he hasnt appeared yet and galvanized the people, there isnt one.
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I'm just saying that it's too early to say if this is a "good" thing... Yes, if I can speak in generalizations, "Egypt" is probably more moderate than "Pakistan" (in fact, I have no doubt of it). But that doesn't mean we know the outcome. Look at what happened in Iran - a rich, ancient (Persian) civilization, very "Westernized" - and what do they have now? Generally, a revolution is not a "good" or "bad" thing in and of itself. It's what follows...