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By Erik Zimerman On July 27, 2012 · Add Comment · In Against the Wind, Joab's Men

Egypt Opportunity

By Erik Zimerman On January 31, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Joab's Men

The changing situation: Mubarak is in an increasingly bad shape. He is meeting with his generals, who I think realize they really hold the power, and as long as they don’t switch sides, the rabble can’t do anything and will peter out. Of course there are limits to this, as any man regardless of how powerful, quickly is reduced to just that, a single man, if his aura of power vanishes. Everyone in leadership is always aware of this, including the Generals. They too worry about losing control of their men. Their interest is that Mubarak not look like he ran with the tail between his legs (the generals do not like to give so much power to the rabble who can then do the same thing with the next leader), but who knows how much they want him to remain. You have the extremely powerful Intelligence chief Sulleiman, who apparently Mubarak is increasingly relying on, and is much more popular with the army than Mubarak’s son, and he may be a successor. However, I doubt the rabble would be to happy with him. The one asset Mubarak has in this protest is that the most [...]

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Update – Assad agreeing with Erik?

By Erik Zimerman On January 31, 2011 · Add Comment · In Against the Wind, Joab's Men

Well, events seem to be proving my analysis correct faster than expected. First, we have Assad explaining to the Wall Street Journal in a rare interview why Syria is immune from these Tunisia, Egypt style protests. Assad Rare Wall Street Journal Interview He echoed my reasons posted in the last note: Assad is more popular there then Mubarak, Islamist movement is much less pronounced and the economic situation there is not as bad. Assad has also shown to the Arab Street that he has been able to thus far, avoid war and avoid surrender to Israel and the west, becoming a bit of mini regional superpower along with Iran and the rest of the Axis of Evil. This gives street credibility. Assad said, according to the AP article reporting on the interview ( I did not have the actual text from the WSJ). But he said Syria, which has gradually shed its socialist past in favor of the free market in recent years, was insulated from the upheaval because he understood his people’s needs and has united them in common cause against Israel. We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries, but in [...]

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