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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't know if I agree totally with this statement. Egypt and Tunisia and Jordan might be Muslim states in name, but I don't think that they're theocracies except in name only.
The Governments also didn't or don't have control over their armed forces to the extent that they needed to survive.
The governments in Iran are another nut to bust entirely, and I don't think you'll see large scale demonstrations there for a while.
I would hope that the Hamas government in Palestine would be one of the next governments to fall.
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I agree with you on Iran. Iran is much more facist and tightly controlled state. A large portion of the population is essentially recruited as thought police and spy on their neighbours for the government.
Mubarak on the other hand, had no control of the army. He was 82 and is rumoured to have been dieing of cancer. Egypt, in theory, is also a democracy. Obviously nowhere near a perfect democracy, but a big step up from Iran's theocracy.
Apples and oranges.
I think Hamas won't fall that easily either. Hamas is supported by the population in Gaza, in general. When you have hardline families having on average 7-8 kids, it's difficult for more liberal people to have a voice.