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Mubarak’s downfall: the view from a privileged observer, Israel
Israel’ former ambassador to Egypt was particularly pessimistic Friday after hearing of President Hosni Mubarak's dramatic resignation. Zvi Mazel anticipated that the Egyptian Army will rule for years: it’s a whole new world, with no one left to lead the pragmatic states” Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThey've had a 'General Election' and it would seem that a General has been elected :-)
Feb 12th, 2011 - 05:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0To gain sympathy from the western audiences, Israel frequently boasts of being the only democracy in the region (nevermind Turkey and Lebanon). But now that a country tries to get rid of its decades-old dictatorship, one can see how Israel really values democracies. I hope the hipocrisy will not pass unnoticed by people over the world.
Feb 12th, 2011 - 05:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0You must be young TIT ... hipocrisy (sic) and politics walk hand in hand !
Feb 12th, 2011 - 05:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0I always thought there was another 'y' in hipocrisy ..... there SHOULD always be another 'why' in hypocrisy :-)
“ ... Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he may be sincerely convinced of the advantages of conquering his passions, without having yet obtained the victory, as a man may be confident of the advantages of a voyage, or a journey, without having courage or industry to undertake it, and may honestly recommend to others, those attempts which he neglects himself...” Samuel Johnson
“ ... Every individual needs revolution, inner division, overthrow of the existing order, and renewal, but not by forcing them upon his neighbors under the hypocritical cloak of Christian love or the sense of social responsibility or any of the other beautiful euphemisms for unconscious urges to personal power ...” C.Jung
Thanks Red Ho, but by reading Thucydides and Wallerstein I'm already well aware of how mendacity is important in winning the hearts of the people. But most people aren't: that's why empty moralizing is still an efficient tool in conducting international relations. And that's why I want Israel's hypocrisy to be perceived.
Feb 12th, 2011 - 06:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0”Moralizing opens one to the charge of hypocrisy. And while a cynical neo-realist (a category that probably includes me) would say that all governments are hypocritical, moralizing jars badly if one wishes to attract support in other countries on the basis of one's comparative virtue.” ~ Wallerstein
Israel !! don't move under foot....
Feb 12th, 2011 - 11:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0Middle East Zone Operation has just began !
Did Mubarak arrive in London already? Residence of Pervez Musharraf and 400 more war criminals.
Feb 12th, 2011 - 06:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Egypt yesterday, today Algeria, just started.
Feb 12th, 2011 - 11:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.businessinsider.com/algeria-riot-video-2011-2
MoreCrap - wrong as usual
Feb 13th, 2011 - 01:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/02/12/mubaraks-resort-retreat-is-a-world-apart-for-many-egyptians/
Hoyt, I know Mubarack is there for know, I have no doubts that he will go to London to join his family and hundreds of war criminals living there.
Feb 13th, 2011 - 04:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0An Argentine accusing another country of harbouring war criminals - lol
Feb 13th, 2011 - 05:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0Hypocritical !
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