Once presented with the choice, Egyptians prefer democracy. Who'd have thought?

(Or, alternatively, Egyptians have been deceived by a Western ploy to steal their oil by dismantling the Egyptian secret police and its systematic torture. )
Partial referendum results from a third of Egypt's provinces yesterday showed a massive turnout and a vote overwhelmingly in favour of constitutional changes to eliminate restrictions on political rights and civil liberties.


According to results issued by judges at polling centres, 11 out of 29 provinces showed between 65% and 90% of voters were in favour of the changes.
Opponents feared the referendum's passage would allow the Muslim Brotherhood to win out over Egypt's dozens of new political parties in the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary vote.
The partial preliminary results also showed 70% turnout at many polling centres, a massive showing after decades of political apathy in response to repression.
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Quote Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy View Post
Everyone was in a state of pure shock with visions of dirty bombs and super soldier Taliban destroying the world it's not surprising they did.
Well we all are in a shock right now too with visions of dirty Irish hedge funds and Irish supercapitalism destroying the European way of life, but I still don't support an invasion of Ireland.

Not, that is, unless you people fail to meet every single payment of our punitative reparations, erm, rescue package. These bombs look good on my tv screen, and I'm developing an appetite for them. About time we used our forces more in our diplomatic dealings with smaller nations.

Quote Originally Posted by Gaelic
I also understand the purely strategic and tactical reason for not being in NATO too.
Would these purely strategic reasons have anything to do with Ireland's unwillingness to be a puppet fighting Britain's wars?