Lawmakers tweet Egypt protests, urge activism

[Joanne98]

Source: The Hill

Lawmakers have been sounding off on Twitter about the upheaval in Egypt, with tens of thousands of protesters spilling into the streets Saturday after President Hosni Mubarak pledged reforms Friday evening.


Colorado Democrat Jared Polis, who noted Saturday that he was watching the events unfold on Al Jazeera, tweeted:

We watch the events in the Arab world with hope and with fear; our hopes are for democracy and human rights to spread across the Arab world

Our fear is worse,more oppressive theological dictatorships. Outcome like Bolshevik & Iranian revolution?or like our American Revolution?



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/141069-lawmakers-tweet-egypt-protests-urge-activism

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[dipsydoodle]

1. The Iranian Revolution

was plain and simple blowback. The US shouldn't have helped depose the democratically elected leader back in i953 just to install their own servile puppet.

Its also a matter of who lies to who. Dulles lied about Mohammad Mosaddegh being commuunist when he was in fact anti communist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat