Egyptian Revolution: Nine years since protests ousted President Hosni Mubarak

[Dai Toruko]

Saturday marks the 9th anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. It saw millions demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's reign. 846 people were killed during violent clashes between security forces and protesters, and another 6,000 were injured. Sena Saylan reports on those events, and what the country looks like today.

 

[denel]

Nothing will ever change in Eqypt; one dictator after another; so it has been since the days of the Pharoahs.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Egyptian elite and Establishment were barely able to handle the will of the people for a year before going back the way things were. Egypt is a land destined to be ruled by dictators.

 

[BATMAN]

Nothing will ever change in Eqypt; one dictator after another; so it has been since the days of the Pharoahs.

Egypt was in a mess after revolution, tourism industry and every other business was zero.
It was close to become an Iraq... when army decided to step forward and public accepted it.
Today, Egypt is far better and stronger than ever.

 

[denel]

Egypt was in a mess after revolution, tourism industry and every other business was zero.
It was close to become an Iraq... when army decided to step forward and public accepted it.
Today, Egypt is far better and stronger than ever.

Says who? They deliberately sabotaged the civilian govt to make sure they would fail; both UAE and KSA directly were complicit in this.
Who is the army? Nothing, they run the entire affairs. They need to mind their core order - Protect the borders. They are corrupt to the core; entire industries are run by them. When the civilian govt came; they were worried about losing all the privilege.

 

[Old School]

This only confirms that western style liberal democracy will not work in Egypt. Hope, other countries learn lessons from here. Different cultures require different kind of governance.

 

[BATMAN]

Says who? They deliberately sabotaged the civilian govt to make sure they would fail; both UAE and KSA directly were complicit in this.
Who is the army? Nothing, they run the entire affairs. They need to mind their core order - Protect the borders. They are corrupt to the core; entire industries are run by them. When the civilian govt came; they were worried about losing all the privilege.

You can blame UAE and Saudi for Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia, Afghanistan as well. Yet you have nothing to support your claim.
Egypt army is a professional army, while Egypt is a nationalist state, here you are indirectly blaming their army for working against national interest.
In Egypt people respect UAE and Saudi, see them as allies, except few extremists type, who have no buyers, not any more.
In beginning Sisi wasn't aligned with Saudis, but it was MBS diplomacy which brought end to border issues and while Egypt was suffering from economic crisis, MBS chipped in with aid and rest is history and own intelligence reports of Egypt.

 

[denel]

You can blame UAE and Saudi for Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan as well. Yet you have nothing to support your claim.
Egypt army is a professional army, while Egypt is a nationalist state, here you are indirectly blaming their army for working against national interest.
In Egypt people respect UAE and Saudi, see them as allies, except few extremists type, who have no buyers, not any more.
In beginning Sisi wasn't aligned with Saudis, but it was MBS diplomacy which brought end to border issues and while Egypt was suffering from economic crisis, MBS chipped in with aid and rest is history and own intelligence reports of Egypt.

It is not a professional army. It is a brutal and criminal enterprise. Most foot soldiers do not even have enough rations for a decent meal.
You are very much pro KSA, so it is pointless to say much. I have many many Egyptian friends who are businessmen and they all say, they have never seen such economic stagnation as it is right now. Sisi is a corrupt dictator like those before him. I have been to Egypt many times as well; it is nothing to write home about.

 

[BATMAN]

It is not a professional army. It is a brutal and criminal enterprise. Most foot soldiers do not even have enough rations for a decent meal.
You are very much pro KSA, so it is pointless to say much. I have many many Egyptian friends who are businessmen and they all say, they have never seen such economic stagnation as it is right now. Sisi is a corrupt dictator like those before him. I have been to Egypt many times as well; it is nothing to write home about.

You as well are on record blaming every thing on Saudis and even cursing MBS.
How i see, Saudis they are very tolerant, it's evident from the hundreds of missile strikes by Iran and back stabbings of Pakistani rulers.

What you know about Egypt from your friends is history,,, Foot soldiers are not dying with hunger any more, they do have harsh duty like any where else.

Today's Egypt is growing and without foreign interference.

 

[Clutch]

Egypt was in a mess after revolution, tourism industry and every other business was zero.
It was close to become an Iraq... when army decided to step forward and public accepted it.
Today, Egypt is far better and stronger than ever.

It's "strong" now till the next powder keg explodes.

Societies build upon authoritarian non-representative system are destined to fail.

There have to be an entrenched constitution and strong democratic framework entrenched in guaranteed human rights for stable societies to sustain themselves for the long-run.

 

[PakFactor]

Nothing will ever change in Eqypt; one dictator after another; so it has been since the days of the Pharoahs.

Sadly true, and their about to lose their water soon.

I don't understand these sort of societies and how they accept dictators one after another -- these society dies when no fresh thoughts are brought into the political system. It's like an old grand parent still parenting to his grand kids.

Egyptian economy is almost non existent, foreign aid from US & Co., pretty much keeps their army paid and some what fed.

 

[El Sidd]

Imhotep !!

Imhotep !!

 

[vostok]

It is not a revolution when one president simply changes another one. Revolution is change of socio-political formation - French revolution, Dutch bourgeois revolution, Russian socialist revolution and so on.

 

[Indos]

It is not a revolution when one president simply changes another one. Revolution is change of socio-political formation - French revolution, Dutch bourgeois revolution, Russian socialist revolution and so on.

It is a failed revolution, their initial objective is actually to transform the social political formation but later hijacked by Military once again who take advantage from the anarchy that was made by the looser side of the new system, similar situation also happen in Thailand.

 

[That Guy]

You can blame UAE and Saudi for Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia, Afghanistan as well. Yet you have nothing to support your claim.
Egypt army is a professional army, while Egypt is a nationalist state, here you are indirectly blaming their army for working against national interest.
In Egypt people respect UAE and Saudi, see them as allies, except few extremists type, who have no buyers, not any more.
In beginning Sisi wasn't aligned with Saudis, but it was MBS diplomacy which brought end to border issues and while Egypt was suffering from economic crisis, MBS chipped in with aid and rest is history and own intelligence reports of Egypt.

You have no idea what you're talking about. Sisi came to power, after the Saudis and the UAE bribed him to come to sabotage and overthrow the Qatar/Turkey friendly civilian government.

Egypt's economy is extremely weak, its facing more violence now than it has in the past. Corruption has increased dramatically, and political prisoners fill Egyptian jail cells.

Once Sisi is dead, he'll be remembered as a tyrant and a monstrous dog.

Stop pretending you know more than you actually do.