'Just World News' with Helena Cobban: Sweet victory! Many more steps needed!

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« U.S.-Egypt: Dance of the co-dependents \| JWN front page \| D. Levy: Also too little, too late? » Sweet victory! Many more steps needed! Posted by Helena Cobban February 11, 2011 11:26 AM EST \| Link Filed in Egypt 2011 Nothing more to say right now. Am tweeting. And trying to work.... (On reflection, the title of yesterday's post should maybe have been "Death dance of the Co-dependents." But too morbid.) « U.S.-Egypt: Dance of the co-dependents \| JWN front page \| D. Levy: Also too little, too late? » Comments Comment from... John H. McCloskey, at February 11, 2011 11:49 AM: 29. Air - Zebul Freedom now once more possessing, Peace shall spread with ev'ry blessing Triumphant joy around. [Egypt] now no more complaining Shall, in blissful plenty reigning, Thy glorious praise resound. Freedom now. . . _da capo_ Comment from... Domza, at February 11, 2011 12:00 PM: Two, three, many Egypts! Two, three, many Tunisias! Today is the 32nd Anniversary of the Iranian revolution! Hasta la victoria siempre! Comment from... Shirin, at February 11, 2011 12:19 PM: All credit due to the Egyptian people who did not give up and did not back down until their key demand was met! Suleiman the Torturer has to go next. And then steps to prevent another FOA (Friend of America) dictatorship from picking up where Mubarak leaves off. Comment from... Salah, at February 11, 2011 02:12 PM: Who is Next? Let us guss Comment from... epppie, at February 11, 2011 06:12 PM: OUt of the frying pan into the fire. Suleiman is worse. It's like impeaching Bush and getting Cheney. Comment from... Domza, at February 11, 2011 06:26 PM: Suleiman's gone, Eppie. Hard to keep up, isn't it? Comment from... pabelmont, at February 11, 2011 06:33 PM: Who's next? Let us hope that THE USA is next. We need a FACEBOOK REVOLUTION to ask Americans to sign a petition asking OBAMA/RICE not to veto the Palestinian draft UNSC resolution which declares the Israeli settlements illegal. I would like to see 1,000,000 people sign the petition (and have the petition OPEN ITS ARMS TO RECEIVE 1,000,000 signers!) I am an old fogy who does not understand FACEBOOK. can someone get in touch with young folks (or with WAEL GHONEIM) to find out how to run a revolution? P.A.Belmont 123pab.com Thanks. Comment from... Domza, at February 12, 2011 01:32 AM: Bravo, Belmont! That's the spirit! Comment from... dafna, at February 12, 2011 03:15 AM: انتصار الثورة في مصر فاز إليك الرجل البسيط في الشارع المصري، والنظام. ليست وحدها، مع آخر مليونالاخوة المواطنين المصريين، وفاز الثورة الديمقراطية. هذا هو الحدث التاريخي. لميظهر الكثير من المسلمين لصالح الديمقراطية وذهب كل وسيلة للحصول عليها. العالم كله يدعم التحرك الديمقراطي سعيد مبارك الثورة الماضي قررت في النهايةعلى الاستقالة. هنا فقط في إسرائيل هناك ضغط والخوف. في حين أن قادة أوروباوالولايات المتحدة تؤيد علنا في الشارع المصري، وكان نتنياهو الزعيم الوحيد الذيأعرب عن تأييده Abmubarachاستئناف العلاقات مع مصر خاطر ومن المتوقع أن حكومةديمقراطية... http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=1899747&r=1 Comment from... Shirin, at February 12, 2011 03:24 AM: Don't crow to loudly yet, Domza. Tantawi is a long-time member of the old regime himself, and not necessarily any great prize. It should not give us comfort that the Egyptian military is by far the greatest beneficiary of American largesse, and therefore quite beholden to the U.S. The Egyptian people still have a lot of work to do to make sure this revolution does not result in just change of FOAI dictators. Please add your own comments that are courteous, fresh, helpful, and to the point. Be aware that comments might take a minute or two to post because of the extensive filtering we need to use. Comments that contain a number of links may be delayed so that I or my tech advisor can give approval for their publication. Generally this should not take too long. ~HC Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? YesNo Comments: Please enter the verification code seen above to post your comment	Recent Posts on JWN • D. Levy: Also too little, too late? (4) • Sweet victory! Many more steps needed! 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Sweet victory! Many more steps needed!

Posted by Helena Cobban
February 11, 2011 11:26 AM EST | Link
Filed in Egypt 2011

Nothing more to say right now. Am tweeting. And trying to work....

(On reflection, the title of yesterday's post should maybe have been "Death dance of the Co-dependents." But too morbid.)

Comments

Comment from... John H. McCloskey, at February 11, 2011 11:49 AM:

29. Air - Zebul

Freedom now once more possessing,
Peace shall spread with ev'ry blessing
Triumphant joy around.

[Egypt] now no more complaining
Shall, in blissful plenty reigning,
Thy glorious praise resound.

Freedom now. . . _da capo_

Comment from... Domza, at February 11, 2011 12:00 PM:

Two, three, many Egypts!

Two, three, many Tunisias!

Today is the 32nd Anniversary of the Iranian revolution!

Hasta la victoria siempre!

Comment from... Shirin, at February 11, 2011 12:19 PM:

All credit due to the Egyptian people who did not give up and did not back down until their key demand was met!

Suleiman the Torturer has to go next. And then steps to prevent another FOA (Friend of America) dictatorship from picking up where Mubarak leaves off.

Comment from... Salah, at February 11, 2011 02:12 PM:

Who is Next?

Let us guss

Comment from... epppie, at February 11, 2011 06:12 PM:

OUt of the frying pan into the fire. Suleiman is worse. It's like impeaching Bush and getting Cheney.

Comment from... Domza, at February 11, 2011 06:26 PM:

Suleiman's gone, Eppie. Hard to keep up, isn't it?

Comment from... pabelmont, at February 11, 2011 06:33 PM:

Who's next? Let us hope that THE USA is next.

We need a FACEBOOK REVOLUTION to ask Americans to sign a petition asking OBAMA/RICE
not to veto
the Palestinian draft UNSC resolution which declares the Israeli settlements illegal.

I would like to see 1,000,000 people sign the petition (and have the petition OPEN ITS ARMS TO RECEIVE 1,000,000 signers!)

I am an old fogy who does not understand FACEBOOK. can someone get in touch with young folks (or with WAEL GHONEIM) to find out how to run a revolution?

P.A.Belmont
123pab.com
Thanks.

Comment from... Domza, at February 12, 2011 01:32 AM:

Bravo, Belmont! That's the spirit!

Comment from... dafna, at February 12, 2011 03:15 AM:

انتصار الثورة في مصر

فاز إليك الرجل البسيط في الشارع المصري، والنظام. ليست وحدها، مع آخر مليونالاخوة المواطنين المصريين، وفاز الثورة الديمقراطية. هذا هو الحدث التاريخي. لميظهر الكثير من المسلمين لصالح الديمقراطية وذهب كل وسيلة للحصول عليها.

العالم كله يدعم التحرك الديمقراطي سعيد مبارك الثورة الماضي قررت في النهايةعلى الاستقالة. هنا فقط في إسرائيل هناك ضغط والخوف. في حين أن قادة أوروباوالولايات المتحدة تؤيد علنا في الشارع المصري، وكان نتنياهو الزعيم الوحيد الذيأعرب عن تأييده Abmubarachاستئناف العلاقات مع مصر خاطر ومن المتوقع أن حكومةديمقراطية...
http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=1899747&r=1

Comment from... Shirin, at February 12, 2011 03:24 AM:

Don't crow to loudly yet, Domza. Tantawi is a long-time member of the old regime himself, and not necessarily any great prize. It should not give us comfort that the Egyptian military is by far the greatest beneficiary of American largesse, and therefore quite beholden to the U.S.

The Egyptian people still have a lot of work to do to make sure this revolution does not result in just change of FOAI dictators.

Please add your own comments that are courteous, fresh, helpful, and to the point. Be aware that comments might take a minute or two to post because of the extensive filtering we need to use. Comments that contain a number of links may be delayed so that I or my tech advisor can give approval for their publication. Generally this should not take too long. ~HC

Recent Posts on JWN

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• Sweet victory! Many more steps needed! (10)
• U.S.-Egypt: Dance of the co-dependents (8)
• I've been tweeting (0)
• MB gets voice into NYT and WaPo (2)
• MBs show their impressive communications skills (0)
• Egypt: Regime's slow crumble continues; MB leaders spell out their position (4)
• 'Gaza Mom's west coast tour: Starts this week! (1)
• Changed travel plans
• JWN's 8th blogiversary (8)
• Can Omar Suleiman be Egypt's De Klerk? (8)
• Many details about Mubarak/NDP's counter-revolution plan (2)
• Egypt, the world food-price crisis-- and JWB's next book! (2)
• Asmaa Mahfouz: The girl who kicked Egypt's hornet's nest! (4)
• My piece in The Hill yesterday (3)
• Mubarak and the Egyptian army: the Pinochet option? (5)
• Mubarak gives go-ahead to his goons (9)
• Arab democracy movements and the power of the 'rule of law' (10)
• My Middle East Channel piece on the MB (9)
• My Salon piece on the geopolitical ripples from Cairo (9)
• Tactical deployment of Muslim prayer in nonviolence (8)
• Cairo, Washington, etc (11)
• Threat of sabotage & Islamophobia re Egypt (4)
• Obama's know-nothings discuss Egypt (12)
• Note on the term 'imperium' (4)
• Wiklileaks, Egypt (1)
• Jonathan Wright's great reporting from Cairo (0)
• Agents provocateurs in Cairo? (2)
• Egypt's MB joining protest tomorrow. End of US-Israel imperium in ME? (17)
• Arab world waking from 40-year sleep? (19)
• Reporting from Jerusalem, July 1995 (2)
• Anne Applebaum and the 'Delugist' narrative on Tunisia (41)
• Open thread, MIC, Tunisia, etc (11)
• Tunis: Curtains for Ben Ali? (5)
• Lebanon, what next? (4)
• The STL and the myth of judicial virginity (4)
• Lebanon's government crisis and the regional tides (15)
• 'Military-industrial complex' conference: NC, Jan. 14-16 (1)
• H. Shue on advanced militaries targeting civilian infrastructure (7)
• Israel security official in 2007, 'Sooner or later we'll have to deal with Hamas' (2)
• IDF (IOF) lies about Bil'in tear-gas killing (0)
• M. Paraipan: Another informative Hamas-leader interview (4)
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• Jawaher Abu Rahmeh dies from tear-gas inhalation (0)
• Bil'in woman badly injured by tear-gas (2)
• Remembering slavery in Virginia (5)
• David Swanson's 'War is a Lie' (2)
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• Standoff-ending precedents: The 'USSR' and Iran (5)
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