Arab Spring = More democracy? Fat hope...

[Leongsam]

Behold the naivety of the liberal West.

Democracy has never replaced a dictatorship in the Middle East. It's invariably the fundamentalists that take over and make things even worse.

Islamists sweep early results in Egypt election

Published on Dec 4, 2011



Early results from Egypt's first post-revolution election showed Islamist parties sweeping to victory on Saturday, including hardline Salafists, with secular parties trounced in many areas. -- PHOTO: AFP


CAIRO (AFP) - Early results from Egypt's first post-revolution election showed Islamist parties sweeping to victory on Saturday, including hardline Salafists, with secular parties trounced in many areas.

Partial figures trickled in for the areas of the country that voted in record numbers on Monday and Tuesday, confirming earlier predictions that Islamist parties would win at least two-thirds of ballots cast.

In northern Port Said, the moderate Islamist alliance led by the previously banned Muslim Brotherhood triumphed with 32.5 per cent of votes for parties, while the hardline Al-Nur party gained 20.7 per cent, Al-Ahram newspaper said.

The liberal Wafd party won 14 per cent, while another Islamist party, Al-Wasat recorded 12.9 per cent, according to the state-run daily. In the southern Red Sea district, the Brotherhood's alliance won 30 per cent, while secular coalition the Egyptian Bloc came in second with 15 per cent, it said.

 

[Windsor]

You reap what you so as the saying goes. Now if only Adam and Eve were Chinese, we would not have a problem.

 

[Cruxx]

A pig with lipstick is still a pig. Power has to be earned, not bestowed indiscriminately to the ignorant hoi polloi.

 

[scroobal]

This is what happens when money is not spent on education. If the Army had invested in the country's education while they ruled without interruption for decades fundamentalism would not have got a foothold.

Now lets see Benjamin Netanyahu handle this. The Isrealis has years to deal with an accommodating parties but did shit.

 

[scroobal]

Btw, reminded me of the Iranian Revolution where jeans clad men and women rallied against the peacock throne. It took them less than a year to see all of them back in the dark ages and the women could not wear jeans or show their faces for years.

 

[CannonFairy]

Even if former IAEA Director-General Elbaredei, a moderate Muslim becomes President, will not change anything. The hardline Islamist will change the face of Egypt.

 

[democracy my butt]

ALL Democracy Ideas are Fat Hopes!

Only Fat Hopes & Nothing but fat hopes.

 

[Windsor]

The Middle Eastern countries has always been Islamic and will always be. The fear will be when the country is governed by Muslim extremist, then we cannot hope for peace in that region. The only hope we have is that the new government in Egypt will continue it's peace accord with Israel, as after all, the elections was a democratic process.

 

[eatshitndie]

blame it on condi rice. it's her philosophy while sec of state that all arab countries should adopt democracy.

 

[scroobal]

The Americans got plain fed up with Netanyahu. Its no skin of their back.

blame it on condi rice. it's her philosophy while sec of state that all arab countries should adopt democracy.