What Egyptians Really Want

Discussion in 'Politics' started by bugscoe, Feb 11, 2011.

  1. Editorial: What Egyptians Really Want
    Posted 02/10/2011 07:20 PM ET

    Islamofascism: Romantics in Western media expect "democracy" to flower from the anti-Mubarak rioting in Cairo. But polling shows Egyptians actually seek strict Islamic rule.

    According to a major survey conducted last year by the Pew Research Center, adults in Egypt don't crave Western-style democracy, as pundits have blithely trumpeted throughout coverage of the unrest.

    Far from it, the vast majority of them want a larger role for Islam in government. This includes making barbaric punishments, such as stoning adulterers and executing apostates, the law of their country. With the ouster of their secular, pro-American leader, they may get their wish.

    Among highlights from the Pew poll:

    • 49% of Egyptians say Islam plays only a "small role" in public affairs under President Hosni Mubarak, while 95% prefer the religion play a "large role in politics."

    • 84% favor the death penalty for people who leave the Muslim faith.

    • 82% support stoning adulterers.

    • 77% think thieves should have their hands cut off.

    • 54% support a law segregating women from men in the workplace.

    • 54% believe suicide bombings that kill civilians can be justified.

    • Nearly half support the terrorist group Hamas.

    • 30% have a favorable opinion of Hezbollah.

    • 20% maintain positive views of al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden.

    • 82% of Egyptians dislike the U.S. — the highest unfavorable rating among the 18 Muslim nations Pew surveyed.

    This empirical evidence refutes the sympathetic narrative broadcast as a continuous loop in the media over the past fortnight. Even after getting beat up by anti-American mobs, CNN's Anderson Cooper portrayed rioters as largely secular yuppies yearning for modernity and the triumph of human rights over martial law.

    He and other media elite have it exactly backwards: Egyptians are revolting against Western-style democracy. The Pew poll reveals they do not, in fact, value our principles of individual freedoms, human rights and separation of religion and state.

    It is plain they do not want what we want. They want an Islamic theocracy.

    And it's highly irresponsible for pundits to assume they want what we do. This is serious business, and we need to deal with facts and reality on the ground and not project our values to make ourselves feel good. The media fatuously whipped up support for a "revolution" at odds with our values and interests.

    Now, with a U.S. ally expected to step down, the damage may already be done. The well-organized Muslim Brotherhood, previously outlawed by Mubarak, is in the best position to take advantage of the prevailing sentiment recorded by Pew.
     
  2. pspr

    pspr

    Well, at least they believe in Santa Claus. I see a lot of them on TV running around in those red and white Santa hats. :D
     
  3. What do Americans want? Do they even know? Or do they think they already have everything?
     
  4. Thanks for letting me know when to stop reading.
     
  5. You must have taken your helmet off again, idiot.

    Among highlights from the Pew poll:

    • 49% of Egyptians say Islam plays only a "small role" in public affairs under President Hosni Mubarak, while 95% prefer the religion play a "large role in politics."

    • 84% favor the death penalty for people who leave the Muslim faith.

    • 82% support stoning adulterers.

    • 77% think thieves should have their hands cut off.

    • 54% support a law segregating women from men in the workplace.

    • 54% believe suicide bombings that kill civilians can be justified.

    • Nearly half support the terrorist group Hamas.

    • 30% have a favorable opinion of Hezbollah.

    • 20% maintain positive views of al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden.

    • 82% of Egyptians dislike the U.S. — the highest unfavorable rating among the 18 Muslim nations Pew surveyed.
     
  6. I find the article somewhat funny.

    What is "freedom" exactly?

    The article admits is is the prevailing and overwhelming sentiment of the Egyptian masses to be anti-American, but isnt that their freedom to choose?

    Do they have the "freedom", if they so CHOOSE and WISH, to be anti-USA, anti-Israel,anti-alcohol,anti-coke,anti-cheeseburgers,etc?

    or does freedom only mean that one must wave the US flag at every instance and chant USA USA?

    I guess it is also our "freedom" to make them eat cheeseburgers even if they do not want to.

    "Freedom" i love that word LOL
     
  7. Half want redistribution of wealth, the other half want limited government. [​IMG]
     
  8. And most Americans would like to see our corrupt government stop facilitating the financial rape of the working class, (aka, redistribution of wealth as it really happens), which is being perpetrated by the terrorists that occupy the corporate boardrooms.
     
  9. Chicago wants $10/hour minimum wage. Corporations are not the ones doing the raping. [​IMG]