Robert Fisk speaks to this point. The Egyptian military officer class is a core element of the social structure of that country. Many of the young officers who were directed to shoot civilians sought the counsel of their own fathers (by cell phones), who forbade doing so.
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Gary Schiltz <g...@naturesvisualarts.com>wrote: > I fear that this sounds like blaming the victims (i.e. the Libyan people), > but I haven't heard discussion of the difference between how Egypt managed > its overthrow of its dictator versus how Libya has attempted to do so. At > least from just watching the two situations unfold on network TV (CNN & > BBC), it seems that the Egyptian "revolution" was essentially peaceful, with > passive resistance to the status quo by a large number of unarmed people. > Perhaps Mubarak was just that much less of a tyrant than Gadhafi, or maybe > it really does show the power of nonviolent resistance. In any case, the > Libyan rebels took up arms early on, and in a sense empowered Gadhafi by > giving him an excuse for retaliating. I wonder what would have happened if > the resistance there had remained peaceful. Thoughts? > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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