How's that Arab spring working out

[CaptainObvious]

Tanks in the streets of Egypt. Sadly, Islamic nations have shown they are unable to remain stable under anything other than a dictator. Given the chance, the first thing they do is elect some religious fanatic to run the country and all bets are off shortly thereafter.
http://news.yahoo.com/tanks-outside-egypt-presidential-palace-streets-calm-074211411.html

 

[pspr]

I think it is going good. As long as they are fighting with each other, they are not fighting with us.

 

[Lucrum]

Ineptocracy -(in-ep-toc'-ra-cy)

A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by
the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least
likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and
services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of
producers.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

This was all very predictable. Why would our president want radical islamists running large middle eastern countries? How does that possibly help us or Israel?

Of course, the suicidal neo-con republicans are demanding that we intervene in syria. Apparently they have learned nothing from a decade of failure.

 

[CaptainObvious]

Radical Islamics destroying Egypt. They're taking a struggling economy and ruining it completely. This is what happens when you have a ME policy that accepts and apologizes for every crazy radical in the region.
http://news.yahoo.com/egyptian-army-host-unity-talks-crisis-deepens-080212181.html

 

[Max E.]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

Radical Islamics destroying Egypt. They're taking a struggling economy and ruining it completely. This is what happens when you have a ME policy that accepts and apologizes for every crazy radical in the region.
http://news.yahoo.com/egyptian-army-host-unity-talks-crisis-deepens-080212181.html

And Obama just decided to send them a brand new fleet of F-16's, compliments of the U.S. tax payer.




US SENDING 20 F-16S TO EGYPT

Let’s say a would-be Egyptian dictator tosses the head of the military, supports a terrorist assault on Israel, and threatens to send tanks into the streets to fight any opposition. Let’s also say you’re the President of the United States. Would you: (a) threaten to cut off aid; (b) actually cut off aid; (c) send 20 F-16s to Egypt?

If you’re Barack Obama, your clear answer is C. Beginning January 22, the first portions of America’s $1 billion foreign aid grant to Egypt hits the ground in Cairo – four F-16 jets. The last time the United States greenlit aid to Egypt was 2010, when deposed authoritarian Hosni Mubarak was in power. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chair Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) said, “The Obama administration wants to simply throw money at an Egyptian government that the president cannot even clearly state is an ally of the United States.

How nice are these jets? According to Lockheed Martin, they’re the top of the line. “We remain committed to providing our customer with a proven, advanced 4th Generation multirole fighter,” bragged John Larson, vice president of Lockheed Martin’s F-16 program.

The New York Times has reported that American-provided weapons ended up in the hands of terrorists in Libya before the Benghazi attack. Clearly, we haven’t learned our lesson.