tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33634783.post3091224579937865831..comments2023-12-29T18:47:49.395+11:00Comments on benign0's blog: Remembering the 1986 Edsa "revolution"benign0http://www.blogger.com/profile/08022916216097762181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33634783.post-63492475079751711622011-02-24T00:34:44.121+11:002011-02-24T00:34:44.121+11:00Ah, but the Islamists have also learned that suici...Ah, but the Islamists have also learned that suicide bombings and random massacres don't always translate to success.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_massacre<br /><br />When one Islamist group happens to be the biggest opposition name in the country, disavowing that legacy (at least on the surface) is probably something they want to include as an agenda. Even Hamas' put away the pipe-bomb rockets and anti-Israel rhetoric for a few months and got elected in Gaza on a platform that was focused against the PA's corruption.<br /><br />On the other hand, you also have that hatred for Israel shared with an Army that repeatedly tried to invade and failed...The Lazzohttp://svfranck.daportfolio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33634783.post-34934130123586014712011-02-22T15:52:32.377+11:002011-02-22T15:52:32.377+11:00Trouble is, albeit the falling regimes are all des...Trouble is, albeit the falling regimes are all despotic, they seem to be mostly <i>secular</i> in nature (like Saddam Hussein's was). So is the <i>alternative</i> truly a <i>preferred</i> option? Chaos is where extremism thrives. And the situation in the Mid East is just too juicy an opportunity for extreme Islamists to ignore. So I wouldn't be surprised if they are lurking around, ready to seize the day.benign0https://www.blogger.com/profile/08022916216097762181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33634783.post-13123356545106172322011-02-22T08:32:27.885+11:002011-02-22T08:32:27.885+11:00Right, old revolutions, unlike old blogs, cannot b...Right, old revolutions, unlike old blogs, cannot be recycled. They fall flat, lacking the energy of sponteniety, the chemistry of the moment.<br /><br />I find fascinating the dynamics of the broad Middle Eastern uprising that ignores borders and reflects the collective will of suppressed souls for something, anything, but the heavy burden of autocratic demands. It is hard to keep enlightened folks in the darkness of iron-fisted rule. I suspect that Iran, too, will eventually fall, but it will be the bloodiest of them all.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.com