Won't argue with that...she is a gorgeous woman...though I was thinking of Queen Noor ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: Ras Tafari [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 13:23 To: cf-community Subject: Re: What to make of the Middle East you keep Queen Rania out of this. there may be no more beautiful woman on this planet. ok, back to code and pr0n. (still searching for Rania in the buff!) On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is one of difficulties of Middle Eastern cultures vs European cultures. > ME'rn cultures are still very tribal in nature...especially when you > get into Asia. That is why you see a lot of difficulty in places like > Iraq and Afghanistan in getting a good solid democratic government in > place. Certain tribes have traditionally held power and if these > tribes are not in power, many will not accept the rule of others, as > we have seen in Afghanistan and even Pakistan and their reluctance to > come down on the Pashtuns. North Africa is a bit less like this, so > there is a possibility. A lot of what we see in surrounding African > nations is feudalism, so they may just need to progress along the > ladder. I think there I a good possibility fo seeing an Egyptian > democracy as they di have the infrastructure in place to support it. > I am not familiar enough with Tunisia. Jordan...I can see it > happening too. I think even the crown sees that. The Queen of Jordan is also an American, so that may play a hand there. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ras Tafari [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 11:00 > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: What to make of the Middle East > > > as always, im right there with you. > i cannot help but fear another power vacuum and more extreme > sharia-like crap, but, i am hopeful. > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:53 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I need someone smarter than me to help put what is going on into some >> sort of perspective/historical context. >> >> The successful Egypt revolution has prompted demonstrations in a host >> of other countries. >> >> So....what do you guys think? I mean, is this the kind of grassroots >> demand for democracy and freedom that the West was long hoping would >> come to fruition in countries where dictators had long held their >> people hostage? Or is this something much less grand? Is it just a >> spoke in the history of the region, or a genuine start of change that >> will be felt for ever more? Will freedom and democracy really take >> root...is that really what the people are fighting for....or will >> chaos ultimately be replaced by even more oppression, such as what > happened in Afghanistan with the Taliban? >> >> A large part of me is rooting for every single one of these groups of >> protesters in places like Iran, Bahrain, Yemen.....but...are they >> really the good guys? >> >> I just don't know... >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:334431 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
