Comments by DROGBA

I will address several points with the article, and then address part of the comments from Marco666.
I am just surprised about the silence of the Arab league and the Gulf countries. There is no excuse for such silence. The country is in crisis, and the Assad family don't have legitmacy. His father took power in a military coup, and it is not "may have killed 20000", his dad killed more than this, with silence from the international community at the time. The stories of the families, lives lost at that time and this time hopefully will not go in vain. There are a lot of lessons to be learned. For now the Assad family needs to step down, go to trial and surrender to the people. We hope that a new constitution will be writted, banning the Baath party, and making the country secular with division of power.
For the points raised by Marco666, I am amazed how easy to put it "islamic", when saying maher took over, it is a balance of power, and there is nothing islamic about it. On the same token "democratic" is not akin to "jewish" at all and " islamic" is not akin to "dictatorship" at all. These are all modes of governance, we saw dictatorships in Europe, and this is not akin to "christian" at all.
The actions of the Assad family are shamful and criminal. The decisions though are made by both Bashar and his brother. They are trying to use the same tactics that Hafez and Rifaat used in the past. Rifaat will have his day in court, like all the members of the Assad Family, as well as all the Sunni thugs that are with them.
As for legitmacy, the Assad family and their thugs didn't have legitmacy to begin with. When Assad Father died, they changed the constitution in 45 minutes to allow Bashar to become president when his age is < 40 yrs. And with these actions, they just showed their true colors.
As for the questions about China, Russia and Hezbullah: The syrian people will not forget. The silence is as bad as supporting the syrian regime. Hezbullah and Iran are sending their thugs to Syria. As for the Arab league and the Gulf countries, They have to stand up, If they don't, there will be no future to such organizations long term. Only the Kuwaiti parliament spoke about this. Saudi Arabia may be reluctant to step up given their shamful actions in Behrain. Which I am surprised that the US didn't condemn in a more straight forward fashion too.
As for lebanon, Syria was never a stabilizing force in Lebanon. Hezbullah will lose a lot of ground when the regime is gone.

The prospect of change is interesting. Change comes slowly usually. The Mubarak family will not let go. He didn't even name a vice president, in case he dies, he wants his son to be president. Of course, Mr Mubarak denies this allegation. But The people (pushed by the Mubarak family, the security forces) will go in mass demonstrations requesting that Jamal Mubarak nominate himself for presidency, and under pressure of the people, Jamal will "reluctantly" accept. He will succumb to the "will" of the people.
Egypt is a mirror to the arab world, and what happens there will happen in other countries. It is a shame how things have deteriorated

YET ANOTHER BOOK ON QUTB. I DON'T THINK THE TRIP TO THE US HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON HIM AS DID THE EVENTS AT HOME. THE FAILURE OF THE NATIONALISTS TO DELIVER SOCIAL EQUALITY AND THE TREATMENT HE GOT WHILE IN JAIL.
HIS VICTIMS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY MUSLIMS, SPECIFICALLY EGYPTIANS. ALL THE TALKS ABOUT "THEY HATE US BECAUSE WE ARE BEAUTIFUL" IS NOT WHAT HAD HIM WRITE WHAT HE WROTE. IT IS THE SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND THE POLICE STATE CREATED BY THE NATIONALISTS.
THE MAIN PROBLEM IS: THINGS DIDN'T CHANGE MUCH IN EGYPT. MUBARAK WILL HAVE HIS SON AS SUCCESSOR. HE STILL HAS A MONOPOLY ON THE ECONOMY AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.
FUNDAMENTALISM IS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON. IF IT WASN'T QUTB, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY ELSE LOOKING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND FINDING RELIGION AS A VEHICLE FOR THAT.