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Once again, it's Islam

Reader comment on item: Can Egypt and Ethiopia Share the Nile?

Submitted by Ron Thompson (Singapore), Feb 18, 2016 at 21:51

It's hard to read this appalling and I think entirely accurate picture of Egypt's water present and future and not tthink that if her women had been free to control their reproductive futures, this population problem could not have become so dire. Therefore, as so often in the Middle East, everything comes back to the problem of Islam and the need to free the people from its tyanny (even if, at first, such freedom is the last thing they want).

The root cause of the dark future that faces the Middle East, and pehaps the future of the rest of us if the malignant threat of Isalm is not faced, seems even starker as I look around Singamore, where I am presently traveling. For this thriving and vibrant country is pehaps the greatest success story of any third world country (of seventy years ago) in meeting the challenge of adapting to a post-colonial world with knowlege, secularism, religious tolerance, and a gradualist adoption of democracy.

In other words, it is the exact opposite in every way of what the Islam-saturated lands of the Middle East have done. Poor Egypt. If it's not too late, free your women as a start to coming to grips with your water problem.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1YES [13 words]Firozali A Mulla PhDMar 6, 2016 05:14228336
U.S. historically opposed Nile dams. [46 words]StanMar 5, 2016 22:59228329
...reference! [57 words]Yared SeyoumFeb 25, 2016 01:19228224
1Abbay is ours [112 words]Yared SeyoumMar 4, 2016 07:20228224
Israel has been invited to mediate! [1 words]PezDispenserFeb 24, 2016 06:48228219
2And what happened to that Egyptian MP? [32 words]sydneyMar 2, 2016 08:12228219
2The Nile water [69 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 20, 2016 08:30228170
Fortunately. . . [19 words]Elisha benAbuyaFeb 19, 2016 19:10228157
1Egyptian response to help from Israel for water problem with Ethiopia [18 words]sydneyMar 2, 2016 08:47228157
The future conditional (as used in English) [6 words]Elisha benAbuyaMar 4, 2016 20:42228157
1wishful thinking [7 words]sydneyMar 7, 2016 08:28228157
Language [51 words]Elisha benAbuyaMar 9, 2016 11:14228157
1Population as driver [83 words]AlfonsoFeb 19, 2016 09:48228142
2Once again, it's Islam [208 words]Ron ThompsonFeb 18, 2016 21:51228125
1Taking Control of our Reproductive Future [430 words]Michael SMar 11, 2016 21:11228125
2Two Things Need To Happen [98 words]DaveFeb 18, 2016 19:58228124
3Stop ... [273 words]anonFeb 18, 2016 12:08228119
Can Egypt and Ethiopia Share the Nile [78 words]Arnold FalkFeb 18, 2016 09:07228112
2Population reduction or famine... the choices for Egypt. [57 words]Jon, a Brit in EurolandFeb 18, 2016 08:23228111
3Population reduction or famine... the choices for Egypt. [57 words]Jon, a Brit in EurolandFeb 18, 2016 08:23228110
3Population control [55 words]DavePcFeb 18, 2016 07:52228109
2Birth control [16 words]AdFeb 18, 2016 07:10228108

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