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Does not dispute the fact that our worries are solely about oil.
It refutes that the canal is of value for our oil trade
Does not dispute the fact that our worries are solely about oil.
It refutes that the canal is of value for our oil trade
...an issue about oil.That proves that at best it is a minor contribution to our need for the Suez canal. Considering US oil import is predominately Saudi and is put on supertankers that still don't fit in the Suez canal this is more of an issue for the world than the US.
...an issue about oil.
[MENTION=528]slant[/MENTION]
Dear child, this has nothing to do with Oil. First of all, Egypt doesn't own substantial amounts of Oil to be any interest of yours in that aspect.
Two, the Tunisian revolution (which sparked the Egyptian revolution in return) was completely unpredictable. If you are to do a lil bit more research on the topic (like I know you to do) and track down the beginning of the movement, you would realize that all of this gained momentum on its own because of someone's honest cry for justice.
The U.S. and their friends are completely irrelevant in this at the moment (they may become relevant later, who knows). So sit tight and watch, this should be interesting.
To add to the thread:
The countries that one might expect to have plotted this or may benefit somehow form it are completely thrown off track and uncertain of what position to take on how the events have unfolded. Generally, when there is a political game at play you would quickly recognize who the main players are and what is to be won. In this case, I see only two players; the Egyptian people and Mubarak's government and regime, and freedom and democracy at stake.
Everything else, including the Muslim Brotherhood and others, will have their own game once this one unravels. Before then you can't really predict what's going to happen, because the experts at many intelligence agencies weren't able to predict this one.
I do think that if they are to achieve what they want, the Egyptians will have a few setbacks, failures, and a price to pay before they get the lifestyle they aspire to. They have been subject to oppression for 30 years (that's 3 decades of somebody's lifetime) and so there will be unsettled baby steps before they get to enjoy the luxuries and freedom we enjoy over here.
There is no such thing as a presidency for 30 years that you can then pass on to your son, as the current Egyptian president was planning on doing. They have the right to elect a president they trust to have the country's and their best interests at heart and be able to hold him accountable when he starts collecting a personal fortune of 40 to 70 billion dollars stolen from the country's revenue. Such a simple concept to us, right? Yet it's been a dream for many of the people our age over there.
I am not one to meddle with politics in general, but this surely got me inspired and interested. I support what they are calling for and I do hope that the ones who are honest about this prevail.
So please watch with a critical eye free of any assumptions and prejudice and maybe you can really see what's playing infront of you.
Also, there are a couple of well informed posts I've read on here, keep 'em coming guys. :thumb:
Is this before or after he was an ally of the United States?
But I was only stating that the protests didn't start out violent... They're calling for democracy, I didn't hear anything about them wanting the Muslim Brotherhood to take over and implement Sharia law. The Muslim Brotherhood wants to take over, but I haven't heard that the people want that. Or am I wrong? Somebody?
I rest my case. This proves it all.
What does my post prove exactly?
Does not dispute the fact that our worries are solely about oil.
That the USA has no reason other than oil to care about Egypt.
That is incorrect. Egypt is the US's top wheat costumer as well as the world's biggest grain importer. What do you think the recent political unease has done to the shipments and the market in general?
Slant, do your research.
I refuse to do research
That doesn't help your credibility.
I'll add that this doesn't have to revolve around economic concerns. Mubarak upheld Sadat's peace with Israel, making Egypt a rare friend (or at least a committed non-aggressor) in the region. So US politicians have been content to have an dictatorial friend rather than a democratic enemy. (That's why Fox News has been railing against the protesters, in seeming contradiction to typical Tea Party ideology.) What economic advantages does Israel offer the US? Not many. But well-ingrained in our political psyche is the idea that Israel is always right, partly due to its perceived status as the "Holy Land" where our Biblical heritage lives on. So we expend a lot of time and energy taking its side in Middle Eastern conflicts.
Mubarak was a fighter pilot and war hero in the Yom Kippur War against Israel.