Archive for February 2, 2011
Diabolical logic
The longer the US waits before it breaks with the Mubarak regime, the more radical the regime outcome will be down the road. Ha
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
Cairo morning fog
One of my most pleasurable experiences in nature is the experience of the early morning fog, called shabburah in Cairo. I still get goose bumps of nostalgia when I see it. And when I was a child the fog was not from pollution.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
Cairo morning fog
One of my most pleasurable experiences in nature is the experience of the early morning fog, called shabburah in Cairo. I still get goose bumps of nostalgia when I see it. And when I was a child the fog was not from pollution.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
Hillary Clinton
Upon hearing of the death toll for the day in Egypt, Hillary Clinton expresses her satisfaction with the pace of reform in Egypt.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
Hillary Clinton
Upon hearing of the death toll for the day in Egypt, Hillary Clinton expresses her satisfaction with the pace of reform in Egypt.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
The Egyptian Army
Why does not the Egyptian Army in Tahrir Square do what it does best: retreat.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
The Egyptian Army
Why does not the Egyptian Army in Tahrir Square do what it does best: retreat.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
The comedy of Saudi propaganda
There are some propaganda that are too crude for me to link to: like government media or MEMRI. But this editorial by editor-in-chief of the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, is worth mocking. The author, whose p…
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
The comedy of Saudi propaganda
There are some propaganda that are too crude for me to link to: like government media or MEMRI. But this editorial by editor-in-chief of the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, is worth mocking. The author, whose p…
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
The chants from Tahrir Square
It goes:الشعب يريد إعدام السفّاحPeople want to execute the butcher
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
The chants from Tahrir Square
It goes:الشعب يريد إعدام السفّاحPeople want to execute the butcher
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
If this was Iran or Cuba
The UN Security Council would have issued its fifth resolution on the matter, and the US Congress would have issued two or three unanimous resolutions by now.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
If this was Iran or Cuba
The UN Security Council would have issued its fifth resolution on the matter, and the US Congress would have issued two or three unanimous resolutions by now.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
Baradi`i
I don’t like Baradi`i, nor to I trust him. But my impression is that US official meetings with him did not go well, that they did not receive iron-clad commitment regarding–what else?–the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
Baradi`i
I don’t like Baradi`i, nor to I trust him. But my impression is that US official meetings with him did not go well, that they did not receive iron-clad commitment regarding–what else?–the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
`Umar Sulayman’s heart attacks
The man has survived five heart attacks so far. So maybe some noise down his window can trigger a last fatal one.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
`Umar Sulayman’s heart attacks
The man has survived five heart attacks so far. So maybe some noise down his window can trigger a last fatal one.
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
This is the language of the US Department of State’s spokesperson
“PJCrowley Philip J. Crowley We reiterate our call for all sides in #Egypt to show restraint and avoid violence. Egypt’s path to democratic change must be peaceful.” All sides? Really?
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
Don’t be fooled
If Obama utters the word, Mubarak would leave. If he or Hillary says officially that the US asks Mubarak to step down, the puppet would leave. It is as simple as that. But those words have not been uttered: there is the Egyptian-Israeli pea…
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad
You can’t say that the White Man does not care about Egypt
“”Now, as many tourists and Egyptians attempt to flee the African country, cats and dogs are being abandoned, with some winding up on the streets as strays….The Society for the Protection of Animal Rights in Egypt also has a Facebook…
Posted on February 2, 2011 by As'ad