Dennis Prager: The Egyptian people have 'no chance' for democracy

[Enrique]

(he is a conservative radio host)

He is spending his radio show mocking anyone who is optimistic about Egypt.

He graciously concedes there are some "wonderful people" in Egypt (thanks Dennis!), and that he'd love for them to have a democracy, but he sadly declares that they have "no chance".

[Richard D]

1. I'm sure . . . .

. .. some of his best friends are Egyptians.

[wtmusic]

4. Bingo. nt

[villager]

2. Thus spake Dennis! (A fellow quite in love with his own "spaking!")

n/t

[walldude]

3. And Dennis Prager has "no chance" of ever

saying one intelligent thing or having one clever thought. Poor guy. Must be tough going through life as a complete asshole.

[Enrique]

5. now he's claiming there has never been a successful revolution

challenging a caller to name a single revolution that has not resulted in a worse government. He cut the caller off before he was able to come up with one.

[sibelian]

6. Goodness. That's a little unpatriotic, isn't it?

I did wonder if some masks might start slipping a bit.

[sufrommich]

9. Wow, so he doesn't consider the American revolution

a success?

[closeupready]

16. Or the French one? Or the Eastern European ones in 1989 which were remarkably like Egypt's?

What an ignorant d-bag he sounds like.

[azurnoir]

7. What were his reason(s) ? because I have my doubts too,

not because of the Egyptian people however, there were IMO some behind the scenes deals going on for one there were Egyptian military officials and Ehud Barak (Israels Defense Minister)in DC late last week, I am not so sure there were not assurances made as to who and who not would come to power in Egypt

[sufrommich]

10. "Egyptian military officials and Ehud Barak met last week"

Do you have a link for that?

[azurnoir]

11. I said both parties were in Washington not that they met privately but here is a link

Israel's Barak in US for top-level talks

Wed Feb 9, 6:16 am ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak is to hold a series of top-level talks in Washington later on Wednesday which Israeli media say will centre on the unfolding crisis in Egypt.

Barak left Israel on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Washington and New York, and is expected to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defence Secretary Robert Gates and National Security chief Tom Donilon, his office said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/israelusdefencediplomacyegypt


for there to be Egyptian Military officials in Washington is nothing really unusual


eta to replace link

[Enrique]

14. everyone has their doubts

Prager didn't have doubts, he was certain that it would fail. It wasn't based on anything specific to Egypt, it wasn't about U.S. national interest, it wasn't about the peace with Israel, it wasn't even about the Muslim Brotherhood. It was just a theory of his that revolutions always fail to improve things, anywhere, any time. He said that there has been only one exception in history of a successful revolution: the American Revolution of course! :patriot:

[cordelia]

8. In addition to being a conservative

radio host, he is also a dick.

[damntexdem]

12. Not if the GOP has anything to say about it.

Or our "close allies": Israel and Saudi Arabia.

[BeFree]

15. Yep

If it can't be done bushco or reagan style, at the sound of the bombs bursting in air: it can't be done.

They have to stick with that or they'd become peaceniks. That rather die than become a peacenik.

[cynatnite]

13. He hopes that's the case. n/t