This is an image of the tear gas canisters that were being fired at Egyptian protesters. It is an image that is being widely circulated across the web by the Arab community. Contrary to popular domestic belief, some things are still made in the U.S.A.
Furthermore, these were some of the chants in Egypt:
يا مبارك, يا مبارك. الطيّارة في إنتظارك
O Mubarak, O Mubarak The plane is waiting for you.الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام
The people want the downfall of the regimeيا مبارك, يا مبارك. السعوديّة بإتنظارك
O Mubarak. O Mubarak. Saudi Arabia is waiting for you.Unfortunately Egypt is not Tunisia, Mubarak will not go down without a fight. This could get nasty.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Thursday the United States believes the Egyptian government is stable despite massive street protests against it. (via pantslessprogressive)
Stability is made in the U.S.A.
i am really glad that these protests are happening in Cairo, because if they were in Alexandria they would have been downtown, i.e. right around my grandmother’s house.
that said, since she is safe, here are my two cents on what’s happening.
power to the fucking people. mubarak’s lame dictatorship needs to end and this is the best thing that has happened for the Egyptian people since the coup in 1952. the intentions were so good back then, and everything has turned to shit since, with religion becoming an increasingly radical way of life, and fucking mubarak’s 30-year rule, shit needs to change, and in middle eastern countries it seems revolution is the only way. we can’t do that hear. no one listens and we won’t get violent. but they are living in dire and desperate circumstances. best fucking thing to happen right now.
