Saturday
Oct012011
Podcast #13: Post-Qadhafi, pre-Tantawi?
By 
Issandr El Amrani | Egypt Libya
Issandr El Amrani | Egypt Libya This week, Ursula and Ashraf host guests from Libya Ahmad Shokr and Anjali Kamat. They talk de-Qadhafization, the state of the (counter) revolution in Egypt, and of Muhammad Tantawi's suit.
Reader Comments (3)
hey can you guys put a transcript up? I'm guessing a lot of people would love to listen but can't because they're at work.
We don't have the manpower! It takes a long time to transcribe 45 minutes of audio.
Ursula
I realize what it is like to be in the midst of revolutionary change, and have the revolutionary fervor. But I suggest that all of you are a bit young, compared to me at 64, and therefore you don't have an experiential awareness of how long things take. Please realize that the military command are all people who learned to kill whatever morality they had to continue to rise to the top while Sadat and Mubarak demonstrated their corrupt ways, plus as the US through great funds made the military into their puppets. So none of them have any integrity, they are just going with what they believe is in their favor, and most are probably scared he is going to lose his position as soon as a real democracy arrives, especially a democratic president who can not only fire him, but bring him up under real charges that result is real prison time. So they are doing everything they can to delay the inevitable.
But governments serve the people, in that they operate in a way the is consistent with how the majority operate, and I clearly sense the majority of Egyptians inwardly know they finally want the freedom to pursue their individual destinies. So keep your eyes open, certainly don't become Pollyannas, but don't get too pessimistic, because that is no fun, and life is meant to be enjoyed.