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To: MIRU who wrote (144368)	1/31/2011 6:05:40 PM
From: LoneClone	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206338

They interviewed a foreign policy expert/professor who pointed out that every middle east revolution started out optimistically but always ended with Islamic fanatics in charge. I heard that interview and that is not at all what was said; in fact the expert took great pains tp point out that the Iranian revolution was very different from the current unrest in Egypt and Tunisia. In Iran the mullahs and ayatollahs were waiting to step into the power vacuum, whereas in Tunisia the Islamists are very weak and have very little support. Likewise in Egypt the Muslim brotherhood, although it occasionally gives support to terrorists in other countries, is actually rather moderate and has proved to be adept at regular democratic politics on a variety of issues when it is given a chance. As well, they have been stuck at about 20% support for years. Another major difference is that in Iran in those days most people knew little or nothing about anything outside Iran so were easily co-opted, while the large demographic bulge of young under- and unemployed people that are driving things in Egypt, Tunisia, and Jordan are educated and media savvy and generally less likely to buy any crap that someone tries to foist on them. Yemen is closer to the Iranian example, but again there are important differences. It must have been a pleasure to listen to Canadian journalism in comparison to the poisonous bile that passes for journalism in the US these days. (OK, maybe I'm a little biased...) The best place I have found for fair and up to date coverage of Egypt is here -- english.aljazeera.net In fact, they are doing such a good job that Mubarak is trying to shut them down. My favorite comment about the US response -- "The US has continued to respond to the situation in Egypt with the strongest possible adverbs." LC