Ironically ironsides made this comment about Iran today:
Quote: Originally Posted by ironsides
I just checked the news and one of the big stories today are the anti-government riots in Egypt.
Quote: Originally Posted by ironsides
Iran is on the verge of destroying itself, to many Iranians are fed up with this all controlling government.
I responded with this comment about Egypt:
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/i...farting-around-iran-nukes-37.html#post1373983...how about Egypt ? Its a military dictatorship where popular opposition parties are banned. If it wasn't for the billions the US gives in bribe money (keep peace with Israel) and arms to support the dictator, Egyptians would have gotten rid of Mubarak years ago....
...I bet... the Egyptians are watching the events unfold in Tunisia very closely.
I just checked the news and one of the big stories today are the anti-government riots in Egypt.
A dam breaking in Egypt - CSMonitor.comA dam breaking in Egypt
By Kristen Chick, Correspondent / January 25, 2011
Cairo
Today Egypt experienced the largest outpouring of public fury at the government since January 1977, when cuts in government food subsidies saw hundreds of thousands of Egyptians pour into the streets in an uprising that shook the government of then President Anwar Sadat.
That ended three days later with dozens dead but the Egyptian poor who spearheaded the action triumphant: Sadat restored the subsidies.
The protests in Egypt today, with tens of thousands on the streets of Cairo, Alexandria, industrial Nile Delta towns like Mahalla El-Kubra and Tanta, and the port city of Suez, were thankfully nowhere near as violent (though late in the evening in Cairo on Tuesday there were reports of security forces taking a tougher line with protesters camped out in Tahrir Square)...