tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post4762355574761797002..comments2024-03-23T00:46:27.084+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: Counter Revolution : The Return of the sectarian ghostsZeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-55448072435230204202011-02-26T13:55:39.061+02:002011-02-26T13:55:39.061+02:00Egyptians brothers, never trust the army. In fact ...Egyptians brothers, never trust the army. In fact never trust any army anywhere. Keep aking for freedom and true democracy for your children. Keep protesting for freedom, this time from the army itself, and from the members of the old regime currently still in post, keep asking for freedom from any extreemist and from external forces. Keep asking for a civilian, well balanced, mature, democratic and elected government that can promote and improve the economic and social lot of both the rich and the poor,in an egypt where equality is granted too any citizen from any religious background. This should be done through well thought out economic, social, scientific and Educational reforms that neither the military nor the old regime could understand or deliver no matter what they said. The old regime reform track record is clear so that is that,and the military are only trained in the use of military power, so who should have power in Egypt? it is up to you to decide who should exercise power in Egypt not the Army. Here is a tip, do you know who is the true superpower in a democtartic society and state is? its the people, the old regime learnt it the hard way both in Tunisia and Egypt and the military knew it during the revolutions and fear it right now. So now comes the truth, Gaddaffi is using hard power against his people to survive, but the Egyptian army clever, it is using "soft power" as an opportunity to both survive and more than for future domination, no more said. I have nothing against the army, but we should by now have witness some changes and since we did not, there remain a question mark over the political capacity and efficiency of any army to facilitate reform. Also it is not clear what the true objectives of the army really are. So far we did not detect any transparency since the army put itself in the driving seat, and that is bad news and maybe even a warning. Because in my book if an army put itself in the driving seat either through force or through the use of soft power, then that is a military coup against democracy, hence against the people. What the army should do now is show transparency and show concrete steps towards true democracy. In a world of political mediocracy, scepticism is good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-40443278479074220702011-02-26T02:12:12.825+02:002011-02-26T02:12:12.825+02:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vCmxQYeVP0&fea...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vCmxQYeVP0&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />Shame.<br />Shame on the Egyptian armed forces sending a platoon of armoured infantry against a defenseless monastery - regardless of the wall dispute. Was all this shooting and heavy-handedness necessary? Is this the new Egypt with its promise of respect for all its citizens, due process and the rule of law? Has the army Council seen this footage before issuing their communique #13?<br /><br />Until you get your house in order and revise your constitution soon, this and other documented outrages against Egyptian Christians and the weakest among you, does not bode well for Egypt's place in the world and its future.<br /><br />Still, it is good to see the occasional sign with the crescent and the cross and the flag between the church and the mosque in Alexandria. A ray of hope perhaps.<br /><br />A friend in Canada who would very much love to visit your country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-2469208845374200252011-02-25T19:53:08.496+02:002011-02-25T19:53:08.496+02:00Zeinobia,
This video show the aggression the army...Zeinobia,<br /><br />This video show the aggression the army used against unarmed monks:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vCmxQYeVP0&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />There are also first-hand reports from people saying that the killing of Fr Dawood Botros was followed by cries of 'Allah Akbar':<br /><br />http://bishoysblog.com/2011/02/a-sad-day-for-copts-graphic-footage/<br /><br />I understand that you're trying really hard to emphasise the unity and progressive nature of the #Jan25 revolution, but it is important to clearly state report sectarian incidents when they happen. A better Egypt devoid of sectarian stife won't come by ignoring the ills - they must be addressed head on.<br /><br />I really enjoy reading your blog by the way. You're knowledge of modern Egyptian politics is excellent - keep up the good work.@pisakhonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-56096275275291041712011-02-25T19:50:52.712+02:002011-02-25T19:50:52.712+02:00from what i have heard there WERE some incidents o...from what i have heard there WERE some incidents of churches attacked during the 18 days. i will look around for reports. <br />also, according to the same reports you reference, the monastery applied for permits to build such a wall many times; in the end they built it to protect themselves from attack by baltagayya or whoever, who had attacked before. suddenly the army has all the time in the world to go to a deserted part of Egypt and demolish a wall taking up a few meters of unusable government land, and allegedly injuring monks in the process. Does that not seem like evidence of bias to you? They need time to release political prisoners but they can go take back two metres of wasteland?Forsoothsayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765993032234113659noreply@blogger.com