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MADem

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10. No it's not. They hate Copts, Shi'as, Jews, uppity women,

Reply to cali (Reply #8)

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 09:29 AM

Aug 2013

Sufis, any faith that isn't their brand of reactionary Islam, and they don't believe in compromise. It's their way, or the highway.

They are not typical of Muslims -- they are ultra-zealots, fundies, living by the literal word of the Qur'an, and they want to drag Egypt, kicking and screaming, back to the 14th Century. The people of Egypt, quite sensibly, don't want to head in that direction, and who can blame them?

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Kerry Was Right, Egypt Was NOT a Coup, Instead it Was a Paid Hit By the Gulf Kingdoms [View all] JCMach1 Aug 2013 OP

As always "Cui bono" hobbit709 Aug 2013 #1

No reason it can't be both Scootaloo Aug 2013 #2

Added the sarcasm icon... JCMach1 Aug 2013 #4

Sorry. My snark circuits are fried on this story. Scootaloo Aug 2013 #5

The Brotherhood is a hate group, wrapped in religious fervor. MADem Aug 2013 #3

more like IRANlite, doesn't matter though as the GCC bullies found them an existential threat... JCMach1 Aug 2013 #6

They really are a hate group, and they have been so for decades. MADem Aug 2013 #9

That's simplistic- at best cali Aug 2013 #8

No it's not. They hate Copts, Shi'as, Jews, uppity women, MADem Aug 2013 #10

Yes it is. cali Aug 2013 #13

They don't have as large a following as you seem to believe. MADem Aug 2013 #20

From what I'm reading, there was a deal on the table cali Aug 2013 #7

US credibility 'in tatters' over Egypt crisis dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #11

That story is wrong on almost all counts... JCMach1 Aug 2013 #21

Could be n/t malaise Aug 2013 #12

JCMach lived in the region for years. cali Aug 2013 #14

And could be doesn't? n/t malaise Aug 2013 #15

huh? cali Aug 2013 #17

The birch in Aspen have roots that meet deep under the dead leaves. bemildred Aug 2013 #18

ROFL malaise Aug 2013 #19

Looks that way. bemildred Aug 2013 #16