tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406094476913572988.post3435424476425925523..comments2023-10-11T06:16:38.446-07:00Comments on Duner's Blog: FEB 1 WHY EVERYONE HATES HOSNI MUBARAKBob Capunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13331259183053938279noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406094476913572988.post-13362722941529262572011-02-05T11:47:07.145-08:002011-02-05T11:47:07.145-08:00I am glad Dunersblog is taking some time off the r...I am glad Dunersblog is taking some time off the royal wedding and reporting on the crisis in Egypt. I gotta say though, the penultimate sentences leave me scratching my head. <br /><br />Freedom of speech is the problem? Giving the Arab World the power to vote would be bad? <br /><br />I would represent that the problem is the total lack of legitimacy of the ruling regimes throughout the Arab world. The Brotherhood, Hamas, Fatah, & Al-Qaida thrive, not because of the West, but because they are the only outlet for frustrated societies. The strongmen in charge in the Arab world allow those outlets because they direct anger at the West and Israel rather than the oppressive regimes under which they survive. <br /><br />The transition will not likely be easy, but the only way forward for the Middle East is for current set of despots to move (be moved) aside and for legitimate governments of and for the people to take hold.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694035372140650221noreply@blogger.com