Yes I know these facts well, but that in no way negates the fact that the military leaders (with their own unique agendas) have supported dictatorships in Egypt since the 1952 coup.
The Central Security Service or "Mukhabarat" are directly subordinate to the Presidential Office, while the Military kind of works alongside it. Mubarak was shown time and again meeting with the top military commanders recently in face of the protests for protection.
I am guessing an element is the protestors are trying to win the powerful military on side.
I was in no way picking a fight with Trident, but rather stating the fact that remains true till now - how it is suspicious the crowds are so friendly with the military initially sent to quell their dissent.
I also believe what you say is infact a non-point - it makes no difference who the cadets are or where they come from, the generals still have their own agendas which have been aligned with that of dictators there for the past 58 years.
Your ignorance here regarding Islam is truely remarkable.
While I can go on trying to convince you Islam isn't the one-dimentional villian some bigots put it out to be, experience has shown people like you will probably just fall back on increasingly ridiculous claims and the plethora of anti-Islam sites out there and the hate they continuously spew.
I guess some people just enjoy having both a simple one-dimentional villian to hate and a moral higher ground - as dillusional as the foundations to those might be.
Umadbro?
I'm sure even you understand Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, seeming to overtake Christianity in a few years, and there is a growing Islamisation growing in most Muslim countries. Out of interest, how do you think the West is going to maintain influence - let alone allies - in all those countries, in the face of an expantionist Iran, resurgent Russia and China with it's own agendas nowadays?
More worryingly, do you actually think fighting against the entirity of Islam is going to achieve anything?
1. Yes I understand it's the fastest growing religion in the world..wait no it's actually Mormonism. Islam is expanding quite fast, in absolute terms it's going to be the world's largest religion.
As liberals like to point out with FOX News, just because it's got a lot of followers doesn't mean it's good.
2. I don't think it will maintain Influence. What's your point? The Chinese and the Russians don't like Islam either. Russia is staring into a demographic abyss and may be inherited by caucus Muslims. Iran is a country I like.
Why not bring up India in all that? They seem to have been warning us about Islam for quite some time, too bad the U.S. didn't listen.
3. More worryingly???
---What good would it NOT do? I am very happy with my ancestors and I like Western civilization, I like Europe, Australia and North America. I like what they're doing down in South America too. I'm not a Christian, a Jew or a Muslim. I don't want to pray in Arabic, I don't want to pray towards Mecca.
I don't respect Muhammad and he certainly was no more a Prophet then Warren Jeffs.
Atheism is going to be the World's largest "religion." It's enshrined in China, is becoming dominant in Europe and is the fastest growing identifier in North America. It's the fastest growing "religion" in America. India is going to produce many Atheists and I'm sure there are plenty of Atheists in the Middle East.
The growth of Islam is almost solely due to the huge birthrate. Egypt can't even come up with enough jobs to employ 1/3 of it's college graduates, that's partially due to a birthrate that's way too high.
