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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 10:55 PM Original message |
So much revisionist history going on about Egypt here |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm referring to several posts, both pre and post mubarak stepping down |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. PERFECT! Yea. Obama sux! nt |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. More like the people who fought and died for their freedom deserve the credit |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. What is your gripe exactly? Do tell, because I can't figure it out. |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I have a problem with people giving this admin credit for something they actively OPPOSED |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. How did Obama actively oppose this? He was very |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. "I would not refer to him as a dictator" - Joe Biden |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Get over it. Biden was being diplomatic when this started to stew., |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. "being diplomatic" doesn't work for idealists |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Says treestar, who thinks dictators are sometimes necessary for "stability" |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Refusing to call Mubarak names did not hurt the protestors one single bit. |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I have no problem with them doing nothing. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They didn't claim credit for success. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thank You! Perfectly stated! nt |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yup, that's gotta be it. It couldnt be, for example, threads claiming his 2009 egypt speech is what |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Speaking of that speech, you must have forgotten this: |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Staying silent isn't leadership, nor was it a catalyst for the revolution |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Deleted message |
phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. His 2009 speech actually did a lot to get arab peoples to start looking differently at the US again |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Your arguments are so fallacious they are down right ridiculous. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
32. +1 |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. We came across as trying to keep Mubarak in |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 05:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. The Admin never claimed credit. And what were they supposed to do exactly?! |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 05:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. How is that an opposition. Some people called him a despot. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 05:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. That is blatantly false. This Admin NEVER opposed protest, as long as it's peaceful. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. What hell are you talking about? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. We are well aware of who got rid of Mubarak, and who supported |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well, the OP is already working on its own revision. |
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SixString (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Pay up. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Paraphrasing doesn't count. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Oh, and if it helps: |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 05:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. ! n/t |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
23. All things considered, the Egyptian people rose up themselves |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
30. And it's not clear what they got in his place |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Well they haven't replaced him and he was the military dictatorship. n/t |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
31. Nobody is revising history but it would be naive to think that the administration was not.. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Those who demanded that Obama bluster more are ticked now ... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The "geniuses" on the hard left and the hard right were proven wrong again.. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Very true |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. I like your tag line.. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. Quite oversimplified |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. If the people hadn't taken to the streets, do you really believe that Obama would have lifted a |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. The beauty of it is that Mubarak is gone, and he was ousted by his own people..... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
44. The Egyptian people DID get rid of Mubarek. And that is the way it should be. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yeah, but it's so much fun to start endless hero worship threads! nt |
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