It Doesn’t Take a Rocket Scientist
Western countries are now saying that “If Mubarak is responsible for . . .”
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist. The manner and means in which the Pro-Mubarak supporters are moving around Cairo. The strategy they are using. The fact that many have identification papers identifying them as members of the interior police. What more does the Western powers need?
For eight days the protests have been non-violent and peaceful. It appears that those in power mistakenly thought that they could violently remove the protesters using police in civilian cloths and paid thugs. These protesters have overcome the fear factor. They successfully overcame the police in the initial days of protest. They prefer non-violent and peaceful demonstrations but they will defend themselves.
the turn to violence over there is awful; I hope it ends soon
We need to stay out of it. I remember how the Left turned on Our Military when we freed the oppressed people of Iraq. Our Soldiers no sooner got their feet in the sand…and the same politicians who sent them there started abandoning them and refusing to supply them with what they needed. I remember how The Left insisted that we are not the Police of the World…and have no business over there. Lesson learned…keep the Soldiers home and let the chips fall where they may in Egypt. Just my opinion. Thanks for letting me voice it.
They tried to get the demonstrators to move out to Giza, an alternate site which is out on the edge of Cairo, and probably the best known place in all of Egypt. The demonstrators dismissed the idea as a blatant Pyramid scheme.
Automatic and machine gunfire being fired at the pro-democracy movement all this morning (Thursday). Only the military and the police have these types of weapons. At least two protesters have been killed by gunfire.
Just heard a very impassioned plea from a 33 year old lady activist. Salma was the name she used. Women and children are in the line of fire.
We must find new ways to deal with these types of situations. How can we who are not directly affected, not directly involved, make a difference?