Comments on: Mubarak to Snub Assad?

By: labrat

labrat — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:21:51 +0000

Arab Summit, what a joke. Don’t they have one of these things about every other week? About as useful as a UN conference. The lower half of Assad’s face needs a summit.

By: Indy Conservative

Indy Conservative — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:32:47 +0000

It’s Egypt’s fault that Hamas blew up the Egypt/Gaza border wall?

Hollowpoint on February 26, 2008 at 2:23 PM

Sure is. If Mubarak had the intention of securing the border, he would have. But he allowed the terrorists (Hamas) and their supporters to enter Egypt for fear of retaliation from his own people and the Arab world.

By: dmh0667

dmh0667 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:23:33 +0000

Mubarak to Snub ~~Assad~~ Asshat?

There….fixed! Do I get a cookie, now?

By: ThePrez

ThePrez — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:32:41 +0000

Assad: Mubarak, don`t ever take sides against the family like that again. Now, how about some fishing, just the two of us?

By: infidelpride

infidelpride — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:45:06 +0000

The Muslim Brotherhood is the leading opposition in both Cairo and Damascus, which is why Egypt has not been hostile to Syria. But I doubt Mubarak would be pissed at Mughniyeh’s killing – after all, Hizbullah is Shia, and closely allied to Iran (it’s tough to say which is a stooge of which), and while Egypt doesn’t like the Shia crescent going from Iran through Iraq through the Alawite regime in Syria to Hizbullah in Lebanon, they know that destabilizing that regime would strengthen the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as well, which is why they don’t do it.

Given that, I doubt that Egypt has too many cards to play against Syria.

By: Lehuster

Lehuster — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:33:37 +0000

What a chinless, pencil-necked geek that Bashar is. Shouldn’t he be playing WoW instead of running Syria?

By: Hollowpoint

Hollowpoint — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:23:37 +0000

Mubarak needs to fix Egypt’s border with Gaza, then he can talk about fixing Lebanon’s problems or worrying about Syria (and Iran).

You can’t secure your own country when you let terrorists infiltrate through open borders ..hum.. sounds familiar, America?

Indy Conservative on February 26, 2008 at 1:47 PM

It’s Egypt’s fault that Hamas blew up the Egypt/Gaza border wall?

By: Indy Conservative

Indy Conservative — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:47:19 +0000

Mubarak needs to fix Egypt’s border with Gaza, then he can talk about fixing Lebanon’s problems or worrying about Syria (and Iran).

You can’t secure your own country when you let terrorists infiltrate through open borders ..hum.. sounds familiar, America?

By: LT Nixon

LT Nixon — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:32:34 +0000

It’s about time the Gulf nations cut through the BS of the Syrian propaganda machine.

By: OhEssYouCowboys

OhEssYouCowboys — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:27:01 +0000

Mubarak will be assassinated, by his own military, just like Sadat was. It’s inevitable when you’re an Arab “moderate,” who has the audacity to speak the truth about Syria, Iran, et al – or, to try and change the face of the Middle East.

By: Seven Percent Solution

Seven Percent Solution — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:19:47 +0000

"The withdrawal of two key states will undermine any diplomatic efforts at the summit. Their absence will also humiliate Syria and Bashar Assad, who already has troubles with the other Arab states over his alliance with the Iranians. - Captain Ed"
"All hope is lost..........." "No, ........... there is another"

By: highhopes

highhopes — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:17:40 +0000

This is downright harsh in the Arab world. I can’t imagine Mubarak wouldn’t have made the comments without some thought about the consequences.

Who knows the real reason behind the comments but the simple fact remains that Mubarak is right and Assad won’t change unless his “brothers” lean on him to resolve the problem.

By: doubleplusundead

doubleplusundead — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:16:24 +0000

I just find it baffling that Assad is allying with Iran, what does he get from that that is so worth the isolation that he’s going to, and already beginning to face from different Arab nations? It might be advantageous in the short term, but it seems dumb as hell from a long term perspective.

By: BL@KBIRD

BL@KBIRD — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:09:55 +0000

Forgot ot explain my asterix…

* Muslims have a much looser concept of Muslim nations than others do, especially since most borders were set by the filthy kuffar.

By: BL@KBIRD

BL@KBIRD — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:07:10 +0000

Welcome Captain!

As well as the nationalities*, the terms Sunni and Shia should come bubbling up. Syria being “friends with Iran” means working for/backing the Shia which disturbs their Sunni brothers.

By: jimbo2008

jimbo2008 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:03:53 +0000

I don’t think he has the stones to skip the summit. He will attend and swap kisses and hugs with all his thug Muslim Brothers.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:57:35 +0000

I think Mubarak has to talk tough, in order to quell the Muslim Brotherhood, which is looking to take down his government. In telling Assad to stop interfering in Lebanon, he’s sending a message to the MB in his own borders. Knock it off!

By: Alalazoo

Alalazoo — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:53:46 +0000

I guess Mubarak is pissed that Assad had Mugniyah murdered (at the behest of Nasrallah).
After all, he was doing such good work with al-Sadr’s boys.

By: Realist

Realist — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:48:52 +0000

someguy:

Yeah, Syria is the leading practitioner of diplomacy via car bomb. However, there is no shortage of security personnel in Egypt – hopefully, they can handle things better than Lebanon.

By: Limerick

Limerick — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:47:49 +0000

Mubarak is long in the tooth. Will his ‘moderation’ be passed onto the next Pharaoh? I’m sure Assad and Dinnerjacket are actively working on that.

By: Dr. Manhattan

Dr. Manhattan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:47:23 +0000

An impressive stand. I wonder who will give him flak for this domestically?

Consider Obama’s “let’s talk and negociate with everyone all the time” mentality in light of this.

By: William Amos

William Amos — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:45:44 +0000

I think Moderate arab states are worried about increasing Iranian influence in the region. Syria is becoming too close to Iran and there is a fear that if Iran hits Israel there will be a backlash in the region. Egypt has bled more than any other arab state over Israel and I think 3 wars have finally convinced them that its not worth the trouble.

By: THE CHOSEN ONE

THE CHOSEN ONE — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:43:22 +0000

Strong language indeed.

By: someguy

someguy — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:37:15 +0000

Coming soon: Syrian meddling in Egypt.