Of course Iraq was a precursor to these events. Iraqis are the only Arabs living in a democratically elected country, with a free press and many individual rights. You think twenty-something Arabs all over the Middle East don't know that? They have seen what regular Iraqis have achieved at great personal cost. I believe this knowledge has given protesters in the Arab world the courage to stand up to their despotic governments. Even Iran is being shaken by protests now. That's all about freedom.
There is no guarantee that they will end up with a democracy, but unlike historical events that point away from a democratic outcome, this revolution is taking place in full view of cameras, live on the Internet. Even cutting off Internet access to the country failed to save the regime in Cairo. There is simply no way to keep the world out now. And we, the outside world, can sit on the sidelines and cheer for Egyptians to realize their dreams of living in a free and prosperous country. All because of the connecting power of the Internet. Brilliant! On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There were no bombs and stealth fighters and 90,000 civilian deaths in > Egypt. > And the dictator was removed. > > You are still trying to create a point that Iraq was some kind of precursor > to these recent events when it was not. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334416 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
