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June 24, 2012

BREAKING: Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Wins Egyptian Presidency
— DrewM

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Egyptians had two bad options and they took one. Of course there's no Parliament or constitution so the military is still running the show to a very significant degree. Still, it shows the direction the people of Egypt want to go in and this is the beginning not the end of the Muslim Brotherhood's push for control.

I guess they and Syria didn't get the memo that we are pivoting to Asia and China.

Wouldn't want to be a Coptic Christian in Egypt today.

Non-expert opinion: The military is trying to hold sway over things as long as they can and try and co-opt the Brotherhood. The reality is, revolutionary movements like the Brotherhood don't see elections as a charge to govern but an opportunity to increase power. Morsi will sound conciliatory and such but will leverage this victory to increase pressure on the military and to exercise greater control than whatever formal power he winds up.

Lots of optimistic talk among the usual suspects on CNN...the Muslim Brotherhood will be different or something. Personally, I think they've stood for things for decades, it seems insanely naive to think that they will suddenly moderate in victory.

Posted by: DrewM at 06:32 AM | Comments (169)
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1 There goes the neighbourhood.

Posted by: EC at June 24, 2012 06:35 AM (R15UB)

2 Can you smell the Arab springtime freshness?

Posted by: Fresh at June 24, 2012 06:35 AM (O7ksG)

3 Shazaa!

Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 24, 2012 06:35 AM (+XVQe)

4 Well, this was entirely unexpected.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 24, 2012 06:36 AM (+XVQe)

5 As one commenter said, a former Netanyahu aide, we now have the Arab Spring turned into the Muslim Winter.

Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at June 24, 2012 06:36 AM (PH+2B)

6 Who could be against brotherhood?

Posted by: nickless at June 24, 2012 06:37 AM (MMC8r)

7 Well, this was entirely unexpected.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 24, 2012 10:36 AM (+XVQe)

You're telling me.

Posted by: John McCain at June 24, 2012 06:37 AM (uUsyW)

8 The mideast needs less Arab Spring and more Irish Spring.

Posted by: nickless at June 24, 2012 06:38 AM (MMC8r)

9 Uptwinkles!!!

Posted by: Honey Badger at June 24, 2012 06:42 AM (XFYiQ)

10 Brotherhood, eh? Sounds like a fraternity. We need Dean Wormer to put his foot down. Maybe even double secret probation!

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 24, 2012 06:44 AM (BAS5M)

11 So was the Arab Spring another "botched Obama operation" or did it go pretty much exactly as planned?

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at June 24, 2012 06:44 AM (hlUJY)

12 Praise Allah! Let the grand celebration begin! Free clitoridectomies for all!!! ...or else.

Posted by: Muslim Brotherhood at June 24, 2012 06:46 AM (G9qZk)

13 Virgins hardest hit.

Posted by: huerfano at June 24, 2012 06:47 AM (bAGA/)

14 Eh, Egyptians did the clit thing without the Brotherhood.

Does the military allow this, or will we get a coup? Or would that be a junta?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2012 06:48 AM (3inkD)

15 Michael Totten has already said he wouldn't let any women he knows go to Egypt as it is completely unsafe for them there. I'm sure having a terrorist group running the joint makes it much safer.......not.

If visiting the Pyramids is on your bucket list, be sure and move it to the last position.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 24, 2012 06:49 AM (cHZB7)

16 Well there's a surprise...

Posted by: ErikW at June 24, 2012 06:51 AM (SKdo3)

17 I would like to take this time to thank Obama for insisting on an immediate transition and not allowing for a delay for other parties opposed to the Brotherhood to get organized. Great move!

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 06:51 AM (uUsyW)

Does the military allow this, or will we get a coup? Or would that be a junta?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2012 10:48 AM (3inkD)

I heard that the military already agreed to hand over power if the Muslim Boyrapists won.

Posted by: ErikW at June 24, 2012 06:52 AM (SKdo3)

19 Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

Posted by: bigred at June 24, 2012 06:53 AM (mIcI8)

20 My couscous is all baklava.

Posted by: Sheik Yer'mami at June 24, 2012 06:53 AM (tcFym)

21 There are no good choices here, only different flavors of bad.

Posted by: OregonMuse at June 24, 2012 06:54 AM (eqtXE)

22 I heard that the military already agreed to hand over power if the Muslim Boyrapists won.

Posted by: ErikW at June 24, 2012 10:52 AM (SKdo3)

I seriously doubt that they'd even be announcing that Morsi won if the military hadn't agreed to it.

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 06:54 AM (uUsyW)

I seriously doubt that they'd even be announcing that Morsi won if the military hadn't agreed to it.

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 10:54 AM (uUsyW)

True dat.

Posted by: ErikW at June 24, 2012 06:55 AM (SKdo3)

24 We're dissin' brothahs? Racisss.

Posted by: Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish™ at June 24, 2012 06:56 AM (/kI1Q)

25 I heard that the military already agreed to hand over power if the Muslim Boyrapists won.

It has been my experience with Arabs that what they say and what they do are often very different things.

But if there are enough MB sympathizers among the military, I suppose it could happen. Not sure how Mubarak could have held power so long if that's true, though. But then, they see what happened to him.....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2012 06:56 AM (3inkD)

26 Good point, AD

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2012 06:56 AM (3inkD)

27 Egypt moved to the bottom of my list last spring when this crapfest started. Am curious how the administration and media are going to spin this as a good thing. I suppose we will get a lot of "moderate" Muslim brotherhood stories.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at June 24, 2012 06:57 AM (RZ8pf)

28 Are they punching above their weight yet?

Posted by: 66chevelle at June 24, 2012 06:58 AM (QjSgY)

29 Back in late May, the incredibly wise folks at the WH approved $1.3 billion in aid to the Egyptian military for this year.

Go figure.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 24, 2012 06:59 AM (cHZB7)

30 That's a load off Bark Obama's mind, I'm sure. The Muzzie Bro-in-Chief was rootin' for his terrorist peeps, and now they're in. A little clean-up in Syria and he'll be good to go.

Posted by: MrScribbler at June 24, 2012 06:59 AM (MQc8e)

31 What do you know, the Muslim Brotherhood won?
Think they will need someone who likes to give speeches and play golf around, say, Jan. 20 or so?

Posted by: Barry Hussein at June 24, 2012 07:00 AM (LK3ef)

32 Bill Mitchell at June 24, 2012 10:44 AM (hlUJY)

Why don't you ask the MB advisers freely wandering the halls of our State Department.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at June 24, 2012 07:01 AM (1GunI)

33 I wonder how long the pyramids will survive?

Posted by: AmishDude at June 24, 2012 07:01 AM (J5tI6)

34 Mosying about amongst the hoi polloi in Egyptian cities has never been safe for females, especially blue eyed, fair skinned types. It's a shame even the pyramid tours have gotten dangerous. I hope the new bosses don't go all Taliban on them, since they are clearly not Islamic in nature.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2012 07:01 AM (3inkD)

I'm sure an Egyptian Rennaissance is right around the corner.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 24, 2012 07:02 AM (BAS5M)

Back in late May, the incredibly wise folks at the WH approved $1.3 billion in aid to the Egyptian military for this year.

Go figure.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 24, 2012 10:59 AM (cHZB7)

Does Egypt possess nuclear weapons?

Posted by: ErikW at June 24, 2012 07:02 AM (SKdo3)

37 The schadenfreude I might get from watching the Muslim Brotherhood act in a way that forces some people to pull their head out of their a**es with respect to Islamic extremism really isn't going to make up for the long-term implications of this.

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 07:02 AM (uUsyW)

38 A Hitleresque video over at Breitbart where the new president declares his desire to conquer Jerusalem.

Posted by: LIGuy at June 24, 2012 07:02 AM (+usC4)

39
Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood

MBINO

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2012 07:03 AM (kdS6q)

40
He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1982

A Trojan? Now we really hate him....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2012 07:05 AM (kdS6q)

41 A Hitleresque video over at Breitbart where the new president declares his desire to conquer Jerusalem.

Posted by: LIGuy at June 24, 2012 11:02 AM (+usC4)

He will be very disappointed.

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at June 24, 2012 07:05 AM (mFxQX)

Visit Egypt?

Wouldn't recomment it.

Posted by: Lara Logan at June 24, 2012 07:06 AM (ElfHn)

43 34 I wonder how long the pyramids will survive?

Posted by: AmishDude at June 24, 2012 11:01 AM (J5tI6

Good point. Sure, tourism's big there, but if they go full Salafist, there are a bunch of ancient statues of pagan gods that I'm sure they'll eventually have a problem with.

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 07:06 AM (uUsyW)

Better see the pyramids while you can. MB will dismantle them as unIslamic.

Vow to replace historic site with public executions and punishments.

Posted by: Jack at June 24, 2012 07:06 AM (wUFaM)

45

His children were born in California and are U.S. citizens.

Here you go, have a work visa....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2012 07:06 AM (kdS6q)

46 thank you obama

Posted by: Avi at June 24, 2012 07:09 AM (51xVX)

47 Better see the pyramids while you can. MB will dismantle them as unIslamic.>>

I'll stick with exploring them on the internet since there is never likely to be a time visiting them in person will be safe ever again.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 24, 2012 07:10 AM (tf9Ne)

48 His children were born in California and are U.S. citizens.

Yep, and I do believe it's part of a long term strategy. In 20 years they can fight for control with the descendants of Marxist Hispanics who are doing the same thing.

I am so glad I don't have children.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2012 07:10 AM (3inkD)

49 The writing is on the wall. I hate to sound like a pessimist but I fear this is the beginning of the end.. The Military WIlL fall in Egypt The islamists will both turn against Israel and develop Nuclear Weapons. nuclear war is only a matter of time in the Middle East and it will spread. So the good news is that you can stop worrying about the economic crisis

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 07:11 AM (eoFv8)

50 Preezy Reverse Midas - know him by the fruits of his non-golf labors.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 24, 2012 07:11 AM (BAS5M)

51 Did we put remote kill switches on all the tanks and planes we armed them with?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 24, 2012 07:12 AM (tf9Ne)

52 [Breathless reporting on the wonders of the "Arab Spring"]

Posted by: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FNC, NYT, WaPo, etc. at June 24, 2012 07:12 AM (9yau1)

53 Morsi??? I'm having a hard time reconciling the concept of Muslim extremism with androgynous jangle pop music from the 80s, but there's a lot in this world I don't understand, so...

Posted by: BurtTC at June 24, 2012 07:12 AM (2pG7H)

54 Sure, tourism's big there, but if they go full Salafist,...

It won't be for long.

Posted by: AmishDude at June 24, 2012 07:13 AM (J5tI6)

55 "Our capital shall be Jerusalem, Allah willing."

That's just election rhetoric. He doesn't really mean it. We can work with this guy.

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain's descendents at June 24, 2012 07:14 AM (nEUpB)

56 Fortunately they both know how to shoot and vote.[i/]

Shooting and voting only buys so much time. I am trying to encourage all my nieces and nephews to breed like vermin.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2012 07:14 AM (3inkD)

57 Sorry!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2012 07:15 AM (3inkD)

58 Egypt's always been a dictatorship ( especially since Nasser got rid of the king in the Fifties ). Always was, always will be.

What's changing is the overt influence of Islam taking over public life.

like that moon of Saturn or whatever, ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE

Posted by: Bob in Baltimore at June 24, 2012 07:15 AM (Dll6b)

59 I'm betting on huge, huge advances in Egyptian rocket science.

Posted by: Fritz at June 24, 2012 07:16 AM (ZN5qR)

60 Every idiot on CNN who thinks the Muslim brotherhood will moderate their views, well I own this bridge in Brooklyn, but first kiss my Jewish ass

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 07:16 AM (eoFv8)

61 Europa --- treat Egypt like Europa in '2010'. ----Movies imitate life.......

Posted by: Bob in Baltimore at June 24, 2012 07:17 AM (Dll6b)

"Our capital shall be Jerusalem, Allah willing."

That's just election rhetoric. He doesn't really mean it. We can work with this guy.

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain's descendents at June 24, 2012 11:14 AM (nEUpB)

Morsi will have a little more flexibility after the election. Trust me on this one.

Posted by: Choomer in Chief at June 24, 2012 07:17 AM (BAS5M)

63 Okay, I guess, let's try to find a bright side here. Seeing as the Salafists will probably want to destroy all of the ancient pagan stuff eventually, this is probably a great time to get into the antiquities business. Morsi, why blow up a statue of Osiris when you can just sell it to me? How much?

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 07:17 AM (uUsyW)

64 Obama in the White House, Heat win a championship, Muslims take over Egypt. See a pattern here?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 07:19 AM (eoFv8)

65 Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 11:16 AM (eoFv

Ban the Jooo! He shouldn't be allowed to ~~tell the truth~~ lie about us peaceful Islamic ~~murderers~~ people.

Posted by: Peaceful Islamic spokesman at June 24, 2012 07:24 AM (nEUpB)

66 Umm The news here just said the mb guy lost

Posted by: navycopjoe at June 24, 2012 07:25 AM (+Aarq)

67 69 - Dogs and cats living together... so yeah, I see a pattern.

Posted by: Dr. VenkmanTC at June 24, 2012 07:26 AM (2pG7H)

68 >>>See a pattern here?

A fourth grade education and unbridled audacity are a ticket to success?

Posted by: Fritz at June 24, 2012 07:26 AM (ZN5qR)

69 Attention! All the Copts, out of the pool! All the Copts.......Out. Of. The. Pool. ....huh? Oh, silly me...I meant- All the Copts out of the country! All the Copts....Out. Of. The. Country. ....or into the grave. Either or.

Posted by: Muslim Brotherhood at June 24, 2012 07:27 AM (G9qZk)

70 Well, seems like O has done more than anyone in the world to increase the power of Islam.

Who will be the next country with a dictator that we insist must be replaced by someone else who always ends up to be a hardline Islamist? Syria perhaps? Lebanon?

Or maybe we should just look at world map and say, "hmmm, what country with a large Muslim population doesn't have a Jihad loving leader," and start there?

Thanks 52%.

-does that mean they'll blow up the pyramids? Because if I remember correctly, da jooos helped build them.

Posted by: shibumi at June 24, 2012 07:29 AM (z63Tr)

71 In fact, Ancient Egyptians believed the Pharaohs became gods. So, really, in maintaining the treasure of Tutankhamen, the Egyptians are maintaining the offerings to a pagan god.

Morsi, I'm your white knight or, okay that analogy doesn't really work...whatever. I am here to save you from these sinful practices. Which items can go and how much?

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 07:29 AM (uUsyW)

72 In a society that overwhelmingly approves of forced clitorectomy, representative democracy just might not work.

Posted by: Scobface at June 24, 2012 07:30 AM (IoNBC)

73 Islam is an evil cult. It's basically if Hitler had won and the Nazis built a religion around his memory. 1,400 years later they are still murdering people for not believing in their evil cult.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 24, 2012 07:31 AM (ZPrif)

74 Nope Heard it wrong Still drinking my first cup of coffee

Posted by: navycopjoe at June 24, 2012 07:31 AM (+Aarq)

75 ALERT: Trey Gowdy on Fox

Posted by: Vic at June 24, 2012 07:31 AM (YdQQY)

76 At what point does the largest, richest supposedly "Christian" nation -- ie America -- actually stand up and defend the Christians being ethnically and religiously cleansed from the Middle East? How many wars have we fought now to defend Muslims? Seems like the US is quick to defend the interests of Islam, but looks the other way when Christians are slaughtered.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 24, 2012 07:34 AM (ZPrif)

77 65 Every idiot on CNN who thinks the Muslim brotherhood will moderate their views, well I own this bridge in Brooklyn, but first kiss my Jewish ass Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 11:16 AM

These are the descendents of the same perfumed princes with impeccable credentials who went to all the right schools and have all the right family connections who were sure that Hitler would dial back the rhetoric, and were sure that Castro would chuck aside the Stalinist leanings

No matter how many times they're proven to be clueless, they'll still be presented as "experts" because of those credentials and connections

Posted by: kbdabear at June 24, 2012 07:34 AM (Y+DPZ)

78 I predict government in Egypt will develop along the Myanmar model.

Posted by: Scobface at June 24, 2012 07:34 AM (IoNBC)

79 All joking aside, the happenings in Egypt make me sick yo my stomach

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 07:35 AM (eoFv8)

80 82 At what point does the largest, richest supposedly "Christian" nation -- ie America -- actually stand up and defend the Christians being ethnically and religiously cleansed from the Middle East?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 24, 2012 11:34 AM

Or the suburbs of Detroit

Posted by: kbdabear at June 24, 2012 07:36 AM (Y+DPZ)

81 Hey CBS have any female reporters in that square today?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 07:37 AM (eoFv8)

82 Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 11:35 AM (eoFv

The Egyptian generals are very well aware of what will happen to their precious American toys if they fuck with Israel. There will be saber rattling and rhetoric and all sorts of provocation, but in the end, they will lose badly if they start a war...and they know it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 24, 2012 07:39 AM (nEUpB)

83 I really hope private space travel gets here quick so my kids and any future grandkids can get the hell off this insane planet.

Posted by: jjmurphy at June 24, 2012 07:39 AM (gWO5X)

84 Ah so some Egyptian on Fox just said that now Egypt will lead the Arab world again..Iran might have something to say about that

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 07:39 AM (eoFv8)

85 Obama frequently gets kudos in the MSM for his foreign policy successes. I wonder what the hell they are talking about...

Posted by: MTF at June 24, 2012 07:40 AM (JOnLy)

86 Damn, a Fox New reporter is in the middle of Tahrir Square saying Americans are worried about the Muslim Brotherhood and asking if they should be. Brave guy.

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 07:40 AM (uUsyW)

87 One of the first actions after the ousting of Mubarek was to destroy hundreds of thousands (I know, lots, right?) of pages of manuscripts re an ancient Hindu religion which predates Islam in Egypt. Already been at it in Indonesia for awhile, as well as destroying the beautiful, ancient Hindu temples which were being painstakingly restored there. I feel sorry for the Coptics, too. Not only are they Christian, but also predate the muscums in Egypt, so of course they must be eradicated.

Posted by: Justamom at June 24, 2012 07:41 AM (Sptt8)

88 CharlieBrownsDildo: the generals are history, they just don't know it yet. They will fall in line just like the generals did in Iran and turkey.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 07:41 AM (eoFv8)

89 In related news, Syrian rebels are probably doing a happy dance now that a Turkish F-4 Phantom has been downed.

NATO, here we come.

Posted by: Fritz at June 24, 2012 07:42 AM (ZN5qR)

90 @AD:At least it's a guy.

Posted by: Crazee at June 24, 2012 07:42 AM (H4xh0)

91 51 His children were born in California and are U.S. citizens.

Yep, and I do believe it's part of a long term strategy. In 20 years they can fight for control with the descendants of Marxist Hispanics who are doing the same thing.

BTW, ye of little faith. We make fun of Democrats for assuming that Hispanics are automatically going to be a Dem voting block. Yeah, they're leaning that way, but they voted ~45% for Bush in '04. There's no reason for us to take for granted that will happen, much less calling them and assuming they'll be Marxists.

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 07:45 AM (uUsyW)

92 NATO ain't going into Syria. To dangerous

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 07:45 AM (eoFv8)

93 Question: Why did Western nations ever educate Muslims? I mean, I thought they invented everything anyway. Imagine if the West had never invented the internal combustion engine and the Middle East just sat sound building sand castles with their right hands and wiping their asses with their left. Sometimes I would almost make that trade off.

Posted by: Justamom at June 24, 2012 07:47 AM (Sptt8)

94 Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 11:41 AM (eoFv

We'll see. They will have several years of control, and that will coincide with a decrease in effectiveness of their army. By the time the Islamic psychos have control over the armed forces, it won't be much of a threat.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 24, 2012 07:47 AM (nEUpB)

95 I wonder if USC will include this guy on their list of notable alumni...

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 07:48 AM (uUsyW)

96 I doubt the generals in Egypt even have 6 months left.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 07:49 AM (eoFv8)

97 The Arab Spring has sprung a leak. An irreparable one. Time for the scrapyard.

Posted by: Christine at June 24, 2012 07:49 AM (r/OjT)

98 By the time the Islamic psychos have control over the armed forces, it won't be much of a threat.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 24, 2012 11:47 AM

I realize that's the conventional wisdom, and I wish I could agree.

But when the Egyptian Muzzie mobs, equipped with the latest U.S. military hardware, start pouring across the border, not caring if they as individuals live or die, Israel will have its back jammed up against the wall.

The last time Egypt went toe-to-toe with the Israelis, Israel at least had Nixon, who put them some additional supplies to turn the tide. This time, Israel has Bark Obama and Hitlery Clinton, neither of whom could be trusted to piss on a Jew if he was on fire.

Worse, given the current situation, I can see a number of Arab countries wanting a piece of this deal. They have U.S. equipment, too, and know damn well that the worst they have to fear from us is a Strong Statement from Bark Obama's Press Secretary.

Posted by: MrScribbler at June 24, 2012 07:53 AM (MQc8e)

99 Egypt has runaway inflation, no large oil reserves, and 90 million mouths to feed

Toss in a radical jihadist government ...

Posted by: kbdabear at June 24, 2012 07:54 AM (Y+DPZ)

100 If you could make a single pile of all the clits forcibly removed from Egyptian citizens, would it be as big as the Great Pyramid?

Posted by: Scobface at June 24, 2012 07:55 AM (IoNBC)

101 Obama should be put on trial for treason.. The MB is every bit the enemy of the US as any other muzzle fundy group. Damn that man.

Posted by: Honey Badger at June 24, 2012 07:56 AM (IVRIf)

102 MrScribbler: yeah actually I don't think Israel has all that much to fear from Egypt militarily at this point.. The Sinai is a great buffer and the Israeli Military is far stronger than egypts. The Egyptians wouldn't make 1/2 way thru the Sinai without being turned into charcoal

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 07:58 AM (eoFv8)

103 The Egyptian generals are very well aware of what will happen to their precious American toys if they fuck with Israel. >>

This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQlkNEG-5WM

CBU-97

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 24, 2012 07:58 AM (tf9Ne)

104 You know, the Smiths? Morrissey?? Oh, nevermind, you morons have no taste. Breitbart would have understood.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 24, 2012 07:58 AM (2pG7H)

105 Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 11:49 AM (eoFv
Posted by: MrScribbler at June 24, 2012 11:53 AM (MQc8e)

Yes, I am being optimistic, but the MB hasn't demonstrated any skill at doing anything other than firing up the mob. We'll see what the generals are willing to do to keep power. They are a cutthroat bunch, and won't blink at killing.

And...which countries have the capability to get a piece of Israel?
Jordan? No.
Lebanon? No.
Syria? No.

Saudi Arabia wants Israel around as a balance against Iran. So they are out too.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 24, 2012 07:58 AM (nEUpB)

106 Egypt has runaway inflation, no large oil reserves, and 90 million mouths to feed

See, this is my only hope: that a couple years with this going on and the Brotherhood in power will cause their popularity to drop dramatically. Of course, that only makes a difference if there are future open elections...

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 07:59 AM (uUsyW)

107 Wow... the "kinder, gentler" Muslim Brotherhood wins in Egypt! Well, don't be suprised if Israel is at war again in the region in the next 12-18 months because the "Bros" feel that they are "looking out for the best interests" of their Palestinian "brothers and sisters"...

How's that "smart diplomacy" working for you now, Barry, Joe and Hillary???

Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 24, 2012 07:59 AM (Jls4P)

108 And still almost seven months till we can be rid of barky and have a pro freedom foreign policy. So much bad can happen in seven months. I hope Mitt shows some nads. I'm thinking Allen West as Secretary of State. And the last couple of days I've been fantasizing about Michelle M. as press secretary. Oh what she would do to the White House press corps.

Posted by: teej at June 24, 2012 07:59 AM (RM1gx)

109 Posted by: huerfano at June 24, 2012 10:47 AM (bAGA/)

Virgin goats and sheep hardest hit.

FIFY

Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 24, 2012 08:01 AM (Jls4P)

110 The broad on fox just said this election result was NOT the one envisioned when Mubarak fell? Bulldog it is EXACTLY the result most of us here predicted..

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 08:02 AM (eoFv8)

111 And still almost seven months till we can be rid of barky and have a pro freedom foreign policy.

And probably a generation to unwind the totalitarian machine built for us.

Posted by: Beto at June 24, 2012 08:03 AM (BAnPT)

112

I remember all the pundits saying the Muslim brotherhood would take over if mubarak was ousted. I remember the lefties and the administration denying this would ever happen. epic fail.

Posted by: The Jackhole at June 24, 2012 08:04 AM (DU15A)

113 Reading my post again I should have added a pro freedom domestic policy as well.

Posted by: teej at June 24, 2012 08:04 AM (pyh5u)

114 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 24, 2012 08:05 AM (Xb3hu)

115 116 The broad on fox just said this election result was NOT the one envisioned when Mubarak fell? Bulldog it is EXACTLY the result most of us here predicted..

What she meant to say was the original State Dept. propaganda was bullshit

Posted by: Beto at June 24, 2012 08:05 AM (BAnPT)

116 I remember all the pundits saying the Muslim brotherhood would take over if mubarak was ousted. I remember the lefties and the administration denying this would ever happen. epic fail.

Posted by: The Jackhole at June 24, 2012 12:04 PM (DU15A)

Romney's people should pull some tape out and make a campaign ad about Baraka's failure at foriegn policy.

Posted by: The Jackhole at June 24, 2012 08:05 AM (DU15A)

117 Even "when" we vote Obama out in November the damage he has wrought in the middle east is damn near irreparable. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 08:05 AM (eoFv8)

118 I knew someone would catch that Beto. Did I ever tell ya we have a BETO junction south of me?

Posted by: teej at June 24, 2012 08:06 AM (pyh5u)

119 Barry: I have just one thing to say about the Egyptian election - Allah Akbar!!!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 24, 2012 08:07 AM (Ir6P2)

120 The broad on fox just said this election result was NOT the one envisioned when Mubarak fell? Bulldog it is EXACTLY the result most of us here predicted..

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2012 12:02 PM (eoFv

We don't count. We're rubes, hicks, provincials, bitter clingers, flyover simpletons, red state fried butter eating, unenlightened, unevolved conservatives who never can vote for our own self interest in having a benevolent dictator Uncle Sugar.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 24, 2012 08:08 AM (BAS5M)

121 The Fox News guy in the middle of Tahrir Square (with the crowd right beside him) just declared "the question is whether the Muslim Brotherhood will keep all their promises." This guy has balls of solid iron.

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 08:13 AM (uUsyW)

122 Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 11:40 AM (uUsyW)

Feh... want the truth of things?

Send a female reporter into that crowd... dressed as a 'western woman'.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at June 24, 2012 08:13 AM (1GunI)

123 Even "when" we vote Obama out in November the damage he has wrought in the middle east is damn near irreparable.SighPosted by: Nevergiveup

Apart from Israel, the Mid-East has been a damaged place before Obaka and will continue to be. Obaka's aggressive ignorance notwithstanding, a lot of the 'Arub Sprung' was just waiting to happen. Mubarak was sick, the MB was already entrenched in Egypt, Gadafi would not have lasted more than a few years, Tunisia ... well, who cares.

The Mid-East has always been a clusterfart of immense proportions. Obaka's tenure certainly did not help matters but all that could have been done was to delay the coming storm.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 24, 2012 08:14 AM (famk3)

124 @ nevergiveup and CBD -- you dudes are more optimistic than I am. Yes, in a true military action the Israelis would clean the Egyptians' clocks, and with ease.

But this would/will be a "war" like Israel has never seen when the Muzzies get all stoned on their hate weed and start making mass suicide runs with something far more dangerous than rocks or shoulder-fired weapons.

Likewise, I agree the other countries mentioned wouldn't get involved singly. As a group, I can see them giving it a try. Likewise, I think the Saudis would rather clear Israel out of the way, no matter what they say. After all, they were our Big Buddyroos after 9/11 too, which, oh, no, they had nothing to do with at all.

At heart, they're all antisemitic bastards who will kill anyone and anything to further their little pedophilic, hateful god's "religion of pieces."

Posted by: MrScribbler at June 24, 2012 08:16 AM (MQc8e)

125 A Hitleresque video over at Breitbart where the new president declares his desire to conquer Jerusalem.

Posted by: LIGuy at June 24, 2012 11:02 AM (+usC4)

Just another moderate Muslim

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 24, 2012 08:17 AM (Ir6P2)

126 After the civil war, Egypt will be in a perfect position to challenge Afghanistan as the asshole of the Earth.

Posted by: Scobface at June 24, 2012 08:19 AM (IoNBC)

127 Has anyone seen my clitoris?

Posted by: Egyptian Woman at June 24, 2012 08:24 AM (p86/h)

128 From Drudge: Egyptian man beats his pregnant wife to death because she voted for candidate he did not. One of the biggest mistakes we make in all things which concern Muslims is assuming they are people just like us. After the fact we all walk upright, nothing more in common.

Posted by: Justamom at June 24, 2012 08:25 AM (Sptt8)

129 124 Beto is a name primarily associated with the Ochoa's and Texas
Curious who that intersection was named after.

Posted by: Beto at June 24, 2012 08:26 AM (BAnPT)

130 133: The last persons to have seen your clitoris would have been your mother and female elders who held you down and mutilated you. Had they not, you would be a wanton slut by now.

Posted by: Justamom at June 24, 2012 08:27 AM (Sptt8)

131 This is going to cause problems for Black Liberation Theologists.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2012 08:28 AM (p86/h)

132 I think the enlightened said the same thing about Iran in the late 70s when they went full Islamist.

Posted by: Eddie baby at June 24, 2012 08:31 AM (uPT1n)

133 124 I see it's an acronym

Posted by: Beto at June 24, 2012 08:31 AM (BAnPT)

134 Huh. I may be wrong but I just jumped out of the shower and I heard Christianne (sp?) Ammanpour breathlessly reporting the "election" on behalf of CBS and AP, just outside of Tahrir Square. Yay!!! Didn't a female CBS correspondent get separated from her crew and gang-raped by Arab Springers not so lo ng ago?

Posted by: Deety at June 24, 2012 08:33 AM (rH+V2)

135 140 It wasn't "Rape" rape

Posted by: Beto at June 24, 2012 08:36 AM (BAnPT)

136 Interesting times.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2012 08:38 AM (ejmiE)

137 Well, Christine does not always read as female at first glance, so she's probably safe.

And I denounce myself.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2012 08:39 AM (3inkD)

138 I'm shocked I tell you shocked. Okay not really

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 24, 2012 08:41 AM (YYmZm)

139 143 Taped in the pants and stuffed in the blouse?

Posted by: Beto at June 24, 2012 08:41 AM (BAnPT)

140

Damn. I know a bunch of Egyptologist / Archaelogists who should be crying in their Coffee this morning.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2012 08:42 AM (p86/h)

141 The world needs an enima

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 24, 2012 08:43 AM (jucos)

142 One of the biggest mistakes we make in all things which concern Muslims is assuming they are people just like us. After the fact we all walk upright, nothing more in common. Posted by: Justamom at June 24, 2012 12:25 PM (Sptt

Murdering husbands are not unique to Islam.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2012 08:44 AM (ejmiE)

143 There's no reason for us to take for granted that will happen, much less calling them and assuming they'll be Marxists.

Posted by: AD at June 24, 2012 11:45 AM (uUsyW)

I have lived in SoCal for 25 years, and have watched the naturally Conservative Hispanics (primarily Mexicans) who always vote Republican slowly but surely being outnumbered by Marxist Hispanics coming up from South America openly promising to overturn the country.

The large groups you see marching in the street on May Day every year? Those are the people I am referring to. They will never, ever vote for a Republican. Their stated goal is to destroy Capitalism and change America.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 24, 2012 08:47 AM (3inkD)

144 All your clits are belong to us.

Posted by: The Muslim Borg at June 24, 2012 08:48 AM (IoNBC)

145 Murdering husbands are not unique to Islam.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2012 12:44 PM (ejmiE)

I was going to say Protected By Law, they are, but.... It's really an old tradition amongst romantic cultures.

Posted by: Beto at June 24, 2012 08:49 AM (BAnPT)

146 Bros After Hos.

Posted by: The Q at June 24, 2012 08:51 AM (U9OX5)

147 I got 99 problems but a clit ain't one.

Posted by: mohamed morsi at June 24, 2012 08:51 AM (p86/h)

148 DoesEgypt possess nuclear weapons? Posted by: ErikW We could give them nukes and they wouldnt work in sixty days

Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2012 08:51 AM (WnnBz)

149 At least they haven't dug up a Stargate yet.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2012 08:57 AM (ejmiE)

150 Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2012 12:51 PM (WnnBz)

And it would be Israel's fault.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 24, 2012 08:58 AM (nEUpB)

151 What pisses me off (and it does, even though my "Give a Shit" meter is righteously busted) is that woman won't or can't say what really happened to her. Because of her "culture". MSM newsroom. Better a thousand female correspondents get gang-raped at an Egyptian street fair/riot, than one fucking Arabic goatheard, in the back of beyond, be made uncomfortable by "Islamophobia". Fuck them! If I were a wimmin reporter, I would have Morons on my crew! And even then, if the worst DID happen? I wouldn't fucking LIE about it. "Yeah, was horrific. I don't want to get into details but based on my experience I wouldn't class Egyptian men as fucking human.

Posted by: Deety at June 24, 2012 08:58 AM (rH+V2)

152 147 An enema? Hell, how about an exorcism?

Posted by: Marybeth at June 24, 2012 09:12 AM (NtEb5)

153 It's not too late to nuke it from space.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2012 09:12 AM (p86/h)

154 0boz0.s party!

Posted by: n0b0z0 at June 24, 2012 09:13 AM (rsOPT)

155 It's not too late to nuke it from space. Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2012 01:12 PM (p86/h) It's too bad we don't have nukes that kill only the assholes who are begging to be nuked.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2012 09:17 AM (ejmiE)

156 "Morsi will sound conciliatory and such but will leverage this victory to increase pressure on the military and to exercise greater control than whatever formal power he winds up." Sounds like somebody else we know.

Posted by: BuddyPC at June 24, 2012 09:21 AM (KCuY9)

157 Beto, if you're still around it stands for the first decent sized towns you come to each direction from the junction. Burlington - Emporia - Topeka & Ottawa But who cares, you're famous.

Posted by: teej at June 24, 2012 09:26 AM (AiZkN)

158

"Morsi will sound conciliatory and such but will leverage this victory to increase pressure on the military and to exercise greater control than whatever formal power he winds up."

Making Jerusalem the capital of Dar al PISslam sounds very conciliatory.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2012 09:26 AM (p86/h)

159 Given the number of Muslims in the Egyptian military I suspect their ability to control it is assured. The only ones they will have trouble with are the generals, the junta guys who want to retain power, but they are few in number.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2012 10:06 AM (r4wIV)

160

Well what did you idiots think was going to happen? Arab Spring. America Fall. But America, please keep sending us billions every year in "aid." We are so busy blowing people up and chopping off heads we just don't have time to work or grow food.

Posted by: Ahab the Arab at June 24, 2012 10:13 AM (9/NoY)

161 If there is war again, this time Israel should conquer Sinai all the way to Suez--and keep it. We tried land and billions of dollars in US foreign aid for peace deals, and they failed. Next time, Israel should "steal it fair and square", as the late Great Senator Hayakawa (back when there was still hope for California) would say.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 24, 2012 10:23 AM (w7K7d)

162 Is it just me or is Obama not only refusing to nudge the middle east in our direction, but he is actually nudging them into the arms of radical islam?

Posted by: Smarty at June 24, 2012 11:42 AM (u5y7Y)

163 The only real question is when the Muslim Brotherhood decides to commiet genocide on millions. And, of course, Obama will probably not only stand by while this happens, but congratualte Egypt on its restraint...

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2012 12:25 PM (KLP9f)

164 57 Morsi??? I'm having a hard time reconciling the concept of Muslim extremism with androgynous jangle pop music from the 80s, but there's a lot in this world I don't understand, so... Posted by: BurtTC at June 24, 2012 11:12 AM (2pG7H) Everyday Is Like Haj Day

Posted by: ChampionCapua at June 24, 2012 12:47 PM (KZi9D)

165 "I wouldn't class Egyptian men as fucking human."
--

Egyptian men include Omar Sharif (born Michel Demitri Shalhoub, Coptic; converted to Islam as an adult years after his acting career flourished).

George Noory's family immigrated from Egypt.

It was the Egyptian men who originally determined to sign a peace treaty with Israel before any other Muslim and/or Arab nation would. And for proving his desire for peaceful coexistence, in 1970 Sadat paid with his life, while "The Blind Sheik" assassin is still alive in Butner, NC prison. Sadat's VP Mubarak honored that peace all these years.

Fucking human? Gang rape happens around the world, including the USA. In a mob, regardless of where, mob mentality is what it is. In a war, regardless of where you're from, if you're simply observing, then don't put yourself in defiant jeopardy, in the line of fire, challenging the fighters, expecting fighters to respect your right to film them, expecting fighters to ignore you filming them. It's one thing to observe. Quite another to make a battle that isn't even yours "all about you" because, after all, reporters are so much more important than everyone else, don't you know. No one is an insulated and untouchable island when in the midst of the fray, "crashing the party" making herself an open target for take down in their fight. Learn accurately how to WRITE vividly what you see for the record, for publication.

Where does anyone come off acting surprised that the Muslim Brotherhood won the election in Egypt? The obvious outcome was the plan when arming and training the revolutionaries to "destabilize" the former regime in the so-called Arab Spring. Now it's hand wringing time? pfft. If you really didn't see this coming, your mind was closed. /my opinion, anyway.

Posted by: maverick muse at June 24, 2012 01:35 PM (BAnPT)

166 Last?

Posted by: teej at June 24, 2012 03:24 PM (RM1gx)

167 Meh. Mavrick Muse, I'm not unaware of Omar Sharif but after your tutorial you finally got around to reinforcing one of the points I was getting at. And I will stick to my guns and deride them as "Egyptian men" because that's true. It's a copt out, to pretend that these are your average Azerbaijannii, tribal-ass fucking goat herder "Arabs". These people have made a project out of tearing down their own societies since the '60's. This shit is ancient but it's really not that old. It's like Stalin wasn't happy enough raping and murdering his own empire he had to beqiueth us fucking Kruschov and make the middle east into the herpes of the world.

Posted by: Deety is a GenXer at June 24, 2012 04:34 PM (rH+V2)

168 These Mo' Bro's take themselves way to seriously!

Cars, fine dining, buyin' sh*t, and pr0n are where it's at. Banging yer head on the flo' 5x a day sux.

Posted by: King Farouk's Ghost at June 24, 2012 07:29 PM (9jVHa)

169 I've had an ongoing argument with one of my former students, now a journalist for the Deutsche Welle , over his overwhelming enthusiasm for the Egyptian Spring. He kept emailing his frothy articles expressing an orgasmic excitement over the initial event. My response was rather grumpy as - We have all seen this sort of pattern over and over again, haven't we? Geez, will journalists ever learn to pay attention to history? No wait, he knew the pattern - and chose to ignore it. I want to pound my head into the wall over the sheer insanity. How did this intelligent man turn into a blind media drone?

Posted by: Ragnell at June 24, 2012 09:55 PM (4HAST)

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