So Sisi has given himself a promotion to Field Marshall and has had the Generals who work for him declare that he has an obligation to run for President. Plans for Egypt’s “roadmap” to democracy have now been swiftly changed so that Presidential election takes place before Parliament gets elected.
Scores of journalists and left-wing secular anti-military activists alongside Islamists languish in jails, academics who speak out against creeping military rule charged with terrorism, hundreds shot by the government to mark the anniversary of Mubarak’s overthrow. And protesting without permission is now a criminal offense.
Don’t worry, it’s not a coup…
“This is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause”
2 “I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
brother will fight against brother,
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city,
kingdom against kingdom.
3 The Egyptians will lose heart,
and I will bring their plans to nothing;
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
the mediums and the spiritists.
4 I will hand the Egyptians over
to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty
Re: All hail the President Field Marshall General of Egypt!
So Sisi has given himself a promotion to Field Marshall and has had the Generals who work for him declare that he has an obligation to run for President. Plans for Egypt's "roadmap" to democracy have now been swiftly changed so that Presidential election takes place before Parliament gets elected.
Scores of journalists and left-wing secular anti-military activists alongside Islamists languish in jails, academics who speak out against creeping military rule charged with terrorism, hundreds shot by the government to mark the anniversary of Mubarak's overthrow. And protesting without permission is now a criminal offense.
Don't worry, it's not a coup.........
"This is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause"
Egyptian people are themselves to blame or this mess. First they wanted to kick out Mobarak. Brought Morsi..who was legitimate ruler of Egypt. Then kicked him out as well..and brought that tyrant Sisi in.
Re: All hail the President Field Marshall General of Egypt!
Every Arab nation is in worse condition than it was before the so called Arab Spring. It has brought nothing but misery for the people. It makes you wonder who was behind all this?
Re: All hail the President Field Marshall General of Egypt!
Maybe I misunderstood but didn't Mursi overstep his authority by giving himself dictatorial powers thus violating his mandate. If so then weren't the people right to overthrow him?
Re: All hail the President Field Marshall General of Egypt!
Maybe I misunderstood but didn't Mursi overstep his authority by giving himself dictatorial powers thus violating his mandate. If so then weren't the people right to overthrow him?
Partial misunderstanding. Faced with Mubarak-appointed judges keeping Egypt in political gridlock by cancelling parliament and preventing progress on making a new constitution, he gave himself temporary 3-months of essentially dictatorial power to push the constitution through regardless of judicial opposition and bring it to a public referendum. Those powers lapsed by the beginning of 2013, more than 6 months before his overthrow. By the time of his overthrow by the military, he was back to the normal powers he had been elected to.
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Smart games being played, people fooled over and over. Believe me, there is NO democracy where you can have even a whisper of "Islam", it will be overthrown and dictatorship will be ignored (and accepted by looking somewhere else) by the "masters" of the game.
Re: All hail the President Field Marshall General of Egypt!
Smart games being played, people fooled over and over. Believe me, there is NO democracy where you can have even a whisper of "Islam", it will be overthrown and dictatorship will be ignored (and accepted by looking somewhere else) by the "masters" of the game.
So who are the "masters"? Are they the usual suspects I.e. America, Israel the EU etc?
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You know even British Imperials were quite surprised and taken back when they saw Sub-Continent acquiring independence and working on British Parliamentary style of democracy before Africa and Middle East, despite that part of the world being colonised for longer.
So the point is, the idea of democracy had never successfuly worked in Africa (baring SA of course and there's a whole story to it) and Middle East, nor it'll ever work. As a Pakistani, all this just makes you appreciate that despite all our flaws and faults, all hope is not lost on us and we are doing much better than people who can obviously do better.
Re: All hail the President Field Marshall General of Egypt!
Maybe I misunderstood but didn't Mursi overstep his authority by giving himself dictatorial powers thus violating his mandate. If so then weren't the people right to overthrow him?
So they are right to overthrow any dictator?... Is Sisi another candidate? So long as this stupid game of throwing out the dictator keeps happening the country will never be stable.
Re: All hail the President Field Marshall General of Egypt!
You know even British Imperials were quite surprised and taken back when they saw Sub-Continent acquiring independence and working on British Parliamentary style of democracy before Africa and Middle East, despite that part of the world being colonised for longer.
So the point is, the idea of democracy had never successfuly worked in Africa (baring SA of course and there's a whole story to it) and Middle East, nor it'll ever work. As a Pakistani, all this just makes you appreciate that despite all our flaws and faults, all hope is not lost on us and we are doing much better than people who can obviously do better.
The hope that is our Pakistani nation is as good as the servitude we give to the Western ideals and Western powers ... If we start to show independence in thought ... then our situation will not be better than the Arabs. The Muslim armies across the world are secular and already belong to the West ... That is how they have managed to contain us without having to colonise us ... They have colonised the minds of our own people who can harm us ... Our own armies.
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So they are right to overthrow any dictator?... Is Sisi another candidate? So long as this stupid game of throwing out the dictator keeps happening the country will never be stable.
So do you disagree with the overthrow of Mubarak as he was the original dictator?
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The hope that is our Pakistani nation is as good as the servitude we give to the Western ideals and Western powers ... If we start to show independence in thought ... then our situation will not be better than the Arabs. The Muslim armies across the world are secular and already belong to the West ... That is how they have managed to contain us without having to colonise us ... They have colonised the minds of our own people who can harm us ... Our own armies.
Striving for stability and consensus is not servitude for Western ideals. It’s an essential condition for any country’s survival. Somehow Pakistan, unlike their Arab brothers, has started to work on those concepts and they must be applauded. Pakistan as a nation prefers democratic change, as oppose to blood revolution and that is their strength.
There’s certainly a commendable shift Pakistan army’s general policies, when just a tiny fraction of society came out on the streets to topple Muharraf’s illegal rule and demand his complete political disappearance, was the time when Pakistan army realised they cannot and will not impose themselves on the people. General Kiyani made that very clear in his very first address to the public as COAS, and that really did start a new chapter in Pakistan history. I believe and appreciate that unlike Middle East dictators, Pakistani army is not fundamentally opposed to democracy, they may not tolerate politicians, but they have no ruthless agenda to totally uproot and crush the seed of democracy. These are things Pakistanis must acknowledge and take little pride in it. They have all the hopes to become a great nation, it’ll take time and it’ll be a bumpy road, but I’d like to believe they have already started the journey and therefore, must carry on moving.
Political stability, economic progress and social peace and equality go hand in hand. One thing leads to another, but just missing one thing leads to all sorts of other problems. This is what Arab rulers failed to realise and somehow Pakistani have learned to admit.
Is he as smart as I am?