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Egypt's Real Ruler, Mohammed Tantawi

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Submitted by Judith (United States), Jul 12, 2012 at 17:34

Would SCAF actually permit healthy participation? Doubtfully, but yes that idea makes sense if you can get through to Western powers who actually get the reality that the strongest horse will always rule in the Middle East and that would be the military. Thanks for the photograph. Guess that says it all! Turkey is another game. The Turkish Army has about as much staying power as the Italian Army did in WWII, and we can all be happy they were glad to get back to their wine, women and song. Eqypt is it's own game. I am not so sure that the general populace has any more credibility than the military as we witnessed the way they treated each other in the streets. Long before the "so-called Arab Spring" the Eqyptian men had been viciously attacking women in the streets of Cairo. It's safer in Istanbul, and it's not great there. Sometimes, East does not meet West and is best left to it's own devices.

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Is your article totally obsolete? [22 words]
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MayerAug 16, 2012 20:38197979
1Dr. Pipes: I'm afraid your thesis has been proven wrong. [109 words]
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There is NO Santa ClausAug 14, 2012 08:47197904
Wrong [23 words]KarimAug 13, 2012 22:21197892
2Tantawi and SCAF and their crimes [307 words]dhimmi no moreAug 14, 2012 18:47197892
Wrong again [237 words]KarimAug 25, 2012 17:54197892
1Egypt and the future [769 words]dhimmi no moreAug 28, 2012 07:24197892
1Morsi is clueless [559 words]dhimmi no moreSep 2, 2012 14:29197892
Missed badly [34 words]
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KarimAug 13, 2012 11:27197880
Who is the real ruler of Egypt ? [34 words]NajimJul 26, 2012 02:46197446
1Truth [147 words]simon salosnyJul 19, 2012 12:53197313
3Egypt is broke [52 words]There is NO Santa ClausJul 16, 2012 00:43197256
7Too optimistic in my view [184 words]saraJul 16, 2012 18:51197256
On the new Egypt [13 words]Tevya ZJul 14, 2012 22:03197242
Egypt [147 words]simonsonJul 13, 2012 20:44197231
3You are one very confused person. [84 words]Peter HallAug 15, 2012 04:47197231
14War is inevitable [93 words]Michael Hanni MorcosJul 12, 2012 23:06197208
7Unfolding as foretold [66 words]Michael Hanni MorcosJul 12, 2012 22:50197207
Egyptian military and China's PLA: A match made in Heaven? [160 words]Martin KatchenJul 12, 2012 21:20197204
Egypt's Real Ruler, Mohammed Tantawi [165 words]JudithJul 12, 2012 17:34197188
5What a mess! [75 words]NuritGJul 12, 2012 15:41197178
6Once ikhwan are in control, forget about democracy [392 words]Sherif HelmyJul 12, 2012 09:42197174
12Chance of a Millenium [66 words]Michael Hanni MorcosJul 12, 2012 23:24197174
6EGYPTIAN POLITICS [109 words]
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JACQUES HADIDAJul 11, 2012 17:14197164
4Time Will Tell [65 words]Gary SackJul 11, 2012 14:48197162
5Real Ruler? Not for long. [114 words]MosheJul 11, 2012 14:02197161
This doesn't sound like DP to me -- look at Turkey, where a much weaker islamist mov't ousted the more entrenched military [17 words]
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MarkJul 11, 2012 10:44197154
Tantawi is gone, and it took even less time than I expected. [EOM] [12 words]MarkAug 13, 2012 11:42197154
3Tantawi and SCAF and their crimes [136 words]dhimmi no moreAug 14, 2012 07:13197154
military the executive branch [74 words]mythJul 11, 2012 07:50197151
6Mohamed Morsi and Tantawi [365 words]
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dhimmi no moreJul 11, 2012 07:15197150
8Forgot one Issue [46 words]Michael Hanni MorcosJul 12, 2012 23:34197150
2Missing Law? [45 words]Peter HallAug 15, 2012 04:51197150
7The goat is found in S.A. [91 words]Michael Hanni MorcosAug 17, 2012 05:54197150
1Questions regarding your article 'Egypt's real Ruler' [131 words]
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Doug MayfieldJul 11, 2012 07:10197149

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