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Where are the Ptolemy's when Egypt Needs Them?

Reader comment on item: Reflections on Hosni Mubarak's Resignation
in response to reader comment: What would really happen in Egypt

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Feb 28, 2011 at 12:45

Thanks for the insight in the way modern Middle East politics are exquisitely colored by their ancient influences. While I understand there are others that will argue with you about some of the observations you have posted, I have come to my further understanding that much of what you have written is well versed, even if a bit colorful itself.

I am convinced by observations of the Muslims themselves that Islam and its influences throughout the centuries has been modified by the civilizations they encountered and conquered; and the Persian invasion is one of the better examples of how Islam today is as much of a reflection of how different it is to be Shiia as opposed to being Sunni as any of the variant forms we see today. In the distinction you made as to whether there will be Iranian influences or Saudi, it will be whoever the military supports that will likely get the nod by my own perception, though I will never be able to say it is so until it is so.

If it is not apparent to some, I will reiterate that I look for the Biblical aspect of every event occurring in the Middle East, and the circumstances of Egypt is as enigmatic now as it was in the time of the Pharaohs. Even so, the Hebrew Holy Bible has Egypt so completely interwoven into the last times, it is not without such observations that Egypt needs to be more closely observed, especially by Israel. We can dismiss what the American Administrative Executive might have in view, for the State department will pursue whatever course that suits the political situation for the moment. For the moment, it is a course of faux democracy.

All that can be done, then, for the moment, is to wait and see. Near neighbor Libya, a definitive player in Biblical prophecy is wringing out its policy-making apparatus; and by this observation, we will need to see who wins that one before Egypt will be sorted out.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Reconquest of Al-Aqsa (read Jerusalem) [58 words]MumkinFeb 22, 2011 14:11182887
3Will Egypt pass on to Islamists [102 words]B.N.GururajFeb 16, 2011 22:48182759
1Will Egypt/Tunisia/Libya slip into islamist's hand. [101 words]GopiFeb 28, 2011 02:06182759
No se engaƱe [79 words]CachiloFeb 16, 2011 08:46182740
EL GUADALETE ALARGA SU CAUCE [337 words]TOPOSTEO DESDE MI BAHIAFeb 16, 2011 03:58182732
Greater Arabia [61 words]morris wiseFeb 15, 2011 10:39182701
How much is too much police brutality? [28 words]powzonFeb 14, 2011 13:54182664
1I feel sorry for Mubarak. [150 words]batya daganFeb 13, 2011 22:02182640
2Barak and Mubarak [37 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiFeb 14, 2011 20:32182640
1Mideast Democracy? [233 words]J Randall PeacherFeb 13, 2011 19:15182637
No to Mubarak and the Muslim Brotherhood also. [91 words]Ric Ben-SafedFeb 14, 2011 08:06182637
Not Roosevelt's, but Kissinger's [24 words]BrunoFeb 13, 2011 17:06182633
Mubarak's army? [54 words]Andy B.Feb 13, 2011 16:18182632
3A Pre-emptive Statement? [429 words]Ron ThompsonFeb 13, 2011 15:36182631
3Egypt Will Now Become another Iran. Thank you, US media and Hussein Obama [236 words]Kurt SteinerFeb 13, 2011 07:47182613
2Nothing changed in Egypt [148 words]yonatan silvermanFeb 13, 2011 07:32182610
1Arab racism in mainstream Arab world: The 200 Arab (sexually) attackers on Lara Logan - example [295 words]LorenaFeb 16, 2011 22:30182610
7Thank you [162 words]NadiaFeb 12, 2011 18:24182583
from Michael in Egypt [241 words]
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M M PrinceFeb 12, 2011 18:17182582
8Middle East issues for Christians and Jews [186 words]Bishop Gabrielle CroftsFeb 12, 2011 13:17182579
8Plus ca change [304 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 12, 2011 08:01182576
A linguistic question [71 words]MotkeFeb 14, 2011 08:29182576
4The term yen3al/yel3an deeno [307 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 15, 2011 07:44182576
No Longer Mubarak's Egypt - But Who's in the Shadow? [884 words]M. ToveyFeb 23, 2011 16:26182576
2What would really happen in Egypt [1044 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 27, 2011 17:30182576
Where are the Ptolemy's when Egypt Needs Them? [337 words]M. ToveyFeb 28, 2011 12:45182576
1What is this fight about? [40 words]TedFeb 12, 2011 02:55182567
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