Once it became clear that this line of analysis was erroneous, most commentators followed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's lead and criticised President Barack Obama's Administration for not supporting Mubarak. The Foreign News editor of one channel noted that: "The fact that the White House is permitting the protests is reason for worry;" while the prominent political analyst Ben Kaspit expressed his longing for President George W. Bush.
"We remember 2003 when George Bush invaded and took over Iraq with a sense of yearning", Ben Kaspit wrote. "Libya immediately changed course and allied itself with the West. Iran suspended its military nuclear program. Arafat was harnessed. Syria shook with fear. Not that the invasion of Iraq was a wise move (not at all, Iran is the real problem, not Iraq), but in the Middle East whoever does not walk around with a big bat in his hand receives the bat on his head."
Israeli commentators are equivocal on the issue of Egyptian democracy. One columnist explained that it takes years for democratic institutions to be established and for people to internalise the practices appropriate for democracy, while Amir Hazroni from NRG went so far as to write an ode to colonialism:
"When we try to think how and why the United States and the West lost Egypt, Tunis, Yemen and perhaps other countries in the Middle East, people forget that. The original sin began right after WWII, when a wonderful form of government that protected security and peace in the Middle East (and in other parts of the Third Word) departed from this world following pressure from the United States and Soviet Union... More than sixty years have passed since the Arab states and the countries of Africa were liberated from the 'colonial yoke,' but there still isn't an Arab university, an African scientist or a Middle Eastern consumer product that has made a mark on our world."
Britain has been guilty of a prejudice bordering on racism for believing that Muslims cannot manage democracy, David Cameron will say as he recasts foreign policy in light of protests across the Arab world.
In a speech at the national assembly in Kuwait, the prime minister will abandon decades of so-called "camel corps" diplomacy by saying Britain was wrong to prop up "highly controlling regimes" as a way of ensuring stability.
Although you may take that as longing for the days of Nazi Germany if you were tired and a little buzzed when you first read it.
I was surprised and came back to read it again. An internet double take if you will.
At least the trains would be on time!
Ironically this morning trains were late all over Germany because of strikes.
Stupid Unions making me late for work.
You know who else hated unions?
Uhhh ... Ronald Reagan?
Or was it Margaret Thatcher?
Hitler
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dr. mo is set to talk some shit in a bit
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's deputy blamed Google Inc in an interview published on Tuesday for stirring up trouble in the revolution that ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
"Look what they have done in Egypt, those highly-placed managers of Google, what manipulations of the energy of the people took place there," Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin told the Wall Street Journal.
Such strong comment from one of Putin's most trusted deputies is a clear signal of growing concern among Russian hardliners about the role of the Internet in the unrest which has swept across the Arab world
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Vladimir Beck
e: wait Vladimir I have a devil's haircut in my mind Beck
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obviously the people were just fine being opressed until Google started making them angry about it
The easy availabilty of information showing just how shitty you country is run probably did influence the recent uprisings. Wich isn't a bad thing. Shit doesn't change until the people want it to change.
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Yup. It's pretty funny seeing some of officials of other shitty governments being like "Hey now everyone...let's not get carried away...lol"
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momar is talkin on aja/aje
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obviously the people were just fine being opressed until Google started making them angry about it
The easy availabilty of information showing just how shitty you country is run probably did influence the recent uprisings. Wich isn't a bad thing. Shit doesn't change until the people want it to change.
hey Julian Assange
you're supposed to be releasing the information that adduces corruption
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momar is totally insane
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"I speak to you from house that was bomb by 170 american and british planes."
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obviously the people were just fine being opressed until Google started making them angry about it
The easy availabilty of information showing just how shitty you country is run probably did influence the recent uprisings. Wich isn't a bad thing. Shit doesn't change until the people want it to change.
hey Julian Assange
you're supposed to be releasing the information that adduces corruption
Mr. Monroe is one of those old men who write incomprehensible letters to the editor.
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just read adduces as evidences
he's been to too much law school
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you don't think it'll end well? all four of them died
how much less well can the situation get considering the pirates are now in custody?
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Thanks a lot for bringing back the craze Disney
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one day i will be known as Princess Zoey.
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Black Hawk Down3d.
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Momar just said that if they need to use force they will do so in accordance with international law and the libyan constitution.
Pretty sure the latter doesn't actually exist. Creating one was one of his son's promises a couple days ago if people stopped protesting.
Man, those were some dumb pirates. The whole point is to not hurt them and get ransom.
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"We get money now, yes?"
"Hello?"
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We the People of the Libya, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Libya.
Article I -
Kill everyone
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Article II -
Mombar's way or da high way.
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Article III - No fat chicks
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I think momo is trying to filibuster the revolution
the "talk them to sleep" gambit.
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"Anyone who lifts arms will be punished with the death sentence.
Anyone who spies for other nations will be punished with death.
Anyone who does not support the state will be punished with death.
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Just dropping in to say this photo is a thing of great beauty.
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
Although you may take that as longing for the days of Nazi Germany if you were tired and a little buzzed when you first read it.
I was surprised and came back to read it again. An internet double take if you will.
At least the trains would be on time!
Ironically this morning trains were late all over Germany because of strikes.
Stupid Unions making me late for work.
I did the same thing because I was attracted to the bolded bit like a moth to a flame.
You know who else hated unions?
Uhhh ... Ronald Reagan?
Or was it Margaret Thatcher?
Hitler
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
Russia blames Google for stirring Egypt unrest-WSJ
e: wait Vladimir I have a devil's haircut in my mind Beck
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
but wasn't this guy just a sales rep? Isn't this whole "manager" thing well beyond what he really is?
What spring does with the cherry trees.
The easy availabilty of information showing just how shitty you country is run probably did influence the recent uprisings. Wich isn't a bad thing. Shit doesn't change until the people want it to change.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
hey Julian Assange
you're supposed to be releasing the information that adduces corruption
dummy
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
adduces?
You know how we were planning negotiations?
The pirates just killed all 4 Americans.
Steam
he's been to too much law school
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
how much less well can the situation get considering the pirates are now in custody?
What spring does with the cherry trees.
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
Pretty sure the latter doesn't actually exist. Creating one was one of his son's promises a couple days ago if people stopped protesting.
"Hello?"
Article I -
Kill everyone
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
Mombar's way or da high way.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
VAT DO YOU MEAN WE STILL NO HAVE U.S. MONEY
IT BEEN 3 MINUTES
Alright, Dalmar, ah guess we gotta kill dem now
FOOK, AND I VAS GUNNA SEND MY COUSIN, ASAD, TO COLLEGE ONE DAY
Steam
the "talk them to sleep" gambit.
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
Anyone who spies for other nations will be punished with death.
Anyone who does not support the state will be punished with death.
etc
etc
etc"