Of course the news hit our yesterday fresh wound back in Egypt , it came in a very critical time indeed where the opposition would wish it were Kyrgyzstani and the regime will ignore what is happening to its friendly regime there for fear it would give any kind of thoughts in this critical time.
I do not wish what happened in Kyrgyzstan to happen in Egypt , I do not want this kind of revolution with my all due respect , this kind of angry revolution may harm lots of innocent Egyptians. I do not want to see the dead bodies of my people on the streets like that , I do not want my people to kill each other in this way. I know everyone now is mad at the police forces especially after yesterday but let’s agree on something we know if it turns in to a revolution , in to a hunger revolution , it will be as strong as the Nile flood before building the high dam , nothing can stop it taking all the bad and good in front of it. My ultimate wish is we reach to real revolution where those security forces soldiers refuse to obey their officers orders , these poor soldiers must understand that these boys and girls they attack in protests are not their enemies , on the contrary those youth are jeopardizing their lives so they can restore our rights , their lost rights including their dignity. Those police soldiers are from the hard low working classes in Egypt , the classes which are crashed on a daily basis by the economic and political policies of this regime that does not count them humans in the first place where as those whom they hit with their sticks unmercifully count them as humans who should enjoy their full rights as citizens in this country. I know that I sound a little bit romantic living in some kind of political utopia but this is I wish for. I know it sounds impossible but let’s remember from couple of years ago some people had lost hope in this country and in this future for real.
Now there seems to be a dune of a new democratic regime in Kyrgystan , I wonder if it would continue building the Mubarak Museum there !!
- Slideshow from time magazine.
Thing is... To gain something, you need to sacrifice. In this case they had to oppose the government by doing this. In Egypt... The same could happen, even though we all wish for a peaceful change.. But let's be frank. Victims will fall and will be remembered as heroes
ReplyDeleteDear Zeinobia,
ReplyDeleteYou know in Sudan we did it twice, in October 1964 and (coincidentaly)in April 6,1985. In both incidencies popular movements managed to oust dictatorship regemes without massive bloodshed. In fact, in our April 6 movement, not a single drop of blood was wasted. In both movements matters developed almost in the same way you wished and dreamed of i.e. the security and military forces sided with the people. So, you are not romantic, but some sort of over simplifying the matter. You do not just take to the street once and call it a day. No, it requires continuous rallying and rioting which culmunates to civil disobedience. Do not imagine the security (or miltary) forces to side with the people from first instance, but continuity gives them the time to think and balance between their duties to keep order or participate in the change.
I just finished watching Ahmed Mansour on his show at Al Gezira about institutionalized corruption in Egypt. If he and his guest were not exagerating, that regeme must and will go very soon inshaa Allah.
My last wish is to see Egypt regain its leading position in all political, cultural and economic arenas.
The most effective method to destabilize any government without armed resistance is through a series of massive work strikes by civil servants,factory workers and white collar workers.
ReplyDeleteOnly then will the regime collapse.
Egyptians have begun showing these traits.
No freedom without a price. Egyptians need to be one and united if they want a Change! to rely on a small group of people to fight for your freedom and justice will not do it. Everyone has to come out and go on the street!
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