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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1186718" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>1. Its "Caliphate" not "Califate".</p><p></p><p>2. The Muslim Brotherhood no longer enjoys majority support in Egypt, and its extremist views are what motivated the Egyptian Army to overthow it in the first place.</p><p></p><p>3. During the revolution 2 years ago when Mubarak was overthrown, the Egyptian Army refused for the most part to open fire on civilian protesters, and it was Mubaraks orders to do so that were the basis for his arrest and trial by the Army.</p><p></p><p>4. Many of the officers in the Egyptian military have received training in Europe or the USA. They tend to be secular and anti-extremist in their views, they have been fighting against terrorists in the Sinai Penninsula for some time now, and they do not have any desire to go to war with Israel.</p><p></p><p>5. Egypt currently has normal, if cool, diplomatic relations with Israel and is the only Arab nation other than Jordan to not be technically in a state of war with them.</p><p></p><p>6. Egyptian Coptic Christians, who comprise approximately 10% of the population, are currently being terrorized by Muslim Brotherhood supporters and their only real chance for safety is if the military stays in charge.</p><p></p><p>7. People tend to forget that many European nations, as well as the United States, had to fight their <em>own</em> civil wars before finally coming to a peaceful solution, so it may very well be that Egypt will have to experience the same thing. It is also important to remember that much of the instability and sectarian warfare going on in the Middle East has its roots in the arbitrary "line in the sand" boundaries that were drawn up by the British and French colonial powers after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Many of these lines were drawn without regard for existing tribal or sectarian regions , and as a result they created "countries" where dissimilar enthic and religious groups were forced together in a manner that doomed these nations to a future of dictatorships, sectarian violence and terrorism....in many cases made even worse therough the constant meddling in their internal affairs by outside influences motivated by a need for cheap oil.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In my humble opinion, the people of Egypt (as well as the rest of the region) are probably better off if the military stays in power for the time being.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1186718, member: 14668"] 1. Its "Caliphate" not "Califate". 2. The Muslim Brotherhood no longer enjoys majority support in Egypt, and its extremist views are what motivated the Egyptian Army to overthow it in the first place. 3. During the revolution 2 years ago when Mubarak was overthrown, the Egyptian Army refused for the most part to open fire on civilian protesters, and it was Mubaraks orders to do so that were the basis for his arrest and trial by the Army. 4. Many of the officers in the Egyptian military have received training in Europe or the USA. They tend to be secular and anti-extremist in their views, they have been fighting against terrorists in the Sinai Penninsula for some time now, and they do not have any desire to go to war with Israel. 5. Egypt currently has normal, if cool, diplomatic relations with Israel and is the only Arab nation other than Jordan to not be technically in a state of war with them. 6. Egyptian Coptic Christians, who comprise approximately 10% of the population, are currently being terrorized by Muslim Brotherhood supporters and their only real chance for safety is if the military stays in charge. 7. People tend to forget that many European nations, as well as the United States, had to fight their [I]own[/I] civil wars before finally coming to a peaceful solution, so it may very well be that Egypt will have to experience the same thing. It is also important to remember that much of the instability and sectarian warfare going on in the Middle East has its roots in the arbitrary "line in the sand" boundaries that were drawn up by the British and French colonial powers after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Many of these lines were drawn without regard for existing tribal or sectarian regions , and as a result they created "countries" where dissimilar enthic and religious groups were forced together in a manner that doomed these nations to a future of dictatorships, sectarian violence and terrorism....in many cases made even worse therough the constant meddling in their internal affairs by outside influences motivated by a need for cheap oil. In my humble opinion, the people of Egypt (as well as the rest of the region) are probably better off if the military stays in power for the time being. [/QUOTE]
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