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grufty jim
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Edited Feb 02, 2011, 18:03
Re: Kick out the Jams MotherFuckers!!!!!!
Feb 02, 2011, 18:01
Moon Cat wrote:
Think it's a reference to the Iranian revolution back in the day - that "EWI's" will seek to fill the space left when Mubarak (and it is when it seems) goes.

It's a possibility, but far from a certainty. Modern Egyptian society is quite different to Iran in the 70s. And I have to say that I have a real problem with people who talk about the Middle East as though it were one big country with a single homogeneous culture. Indeed, arguably neither Iran nor Egypt are even in the Middle East (one being a Central Asian Farsi culture, while the other is a North African Arabic culture) though obviously they all get lumped together.

But I suppose when we live in a world where so many people get their information from Fox News and their ilk, it's hardly a surprise. Spot the error:
http://hypervocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Fox-News-Egypt.jpg

EDIT: Incidentally, I wrote a piece on this very issue over at my place. In it I express my concern at the notion of an Islamist group filling the power vacuum should Mubarak leave, but I do point out that it's less likely to happen there than in other places in the region...
http://numero57.net/2011/01/28/revolution-in-north-africa/
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