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Apology posted:Apparently things are pretty violent in Libya today as well: I can't help but wonder if Egypt might start actively formenting revolution in other nations once the country is back on its feet. If/when a new civilian reigime led by the opposition groups comes to power, it's going to be pretty unpopular amongst the kings and dictators of the rest of the Arab-Iranian world, especially if the unrest continues for a prolonged period. If that happens, active support for the protestors in other nations would be in Egypt's national interest.
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:"Wait, Muslims? There aren't any Muslims in Egypt." I'd say better. Unless the person who said it is actually a racist or something, the statement itself is genuine ignorance rather than what we usually mean when we say "ignorant" which is "dumb and racist". I actually think someone honestly believing the Egyptian gods are still widely worshipped in Egypt today is so dumb it's sort of cute. 
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GnatKingCoal posted:Why do I get the feeling that Muamar and Sylvio would get along like franks & beans? I'm not sure, didn't Gadaffi persecute the Italian Libyans and attempt to drive them out? Berlusconi's a dictator-loving scumbag, but if there's any dictator he might not like, it'd probably be Gadaffi. Then again Berlusconi might not care about Italian Libyans.
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Cartouche posted:Pharaoh strikes from the grave in Pittsburgh... With a hatchet... I doubt it, the only thing we had to do with the actual bombing was that it happened in our airspace, so I'd be surprised if it implicates anyone in Scotland over the bombing itself. As to the release of the bomber, cables revealed that the British government and BP basically gave Libya a load of legal advice on how best to convince us to release him on compassionate grounds, apparently without our knowledge. It would be interesting, certainly, if it turned out the Justice Minister had been involved in some conspiracy to effect his release, but personally I'm not conviced the Scottish Government was in on any deception.
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ReV VAdAUL posted:Whoa... Sisi is Isis backwards. isis is is is with no space between ises. Makes you think 
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Miltank posted:Wahab and Saud formed an alliance under the understanding that Saud would be King and Wahab would run the Islam. People do call the 18th century Emirate of Diriyah the "First Saudi State" often enough for it to be a valid alternative name, and I could see someone shortening "First Saudi State" to Saud even though it's not technically right.
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Zohar posted:I love how over time every D&D thread seems to become a debate over the definition of fascism, it's like Godwin's law for pedants If there's one word I could quite happily go the rest of my life without ever seeing again, it is Ur-Fascism.
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