We’re seeing lots of things in Egypt these days, but one of them is the destruction of the last remaining Coptic communities.
The Copts are the original Egyptians (one could argue they’re currently enjoying the benefits of Arab immigration, but that would perhaps be unfair). They’re the last remnants of the world’s first civilization.
In Coptic churches today (if there are any left) you can still hear a language spoken which sounds a lot like the language the Ancient Egyptians used to speak thousands of years ago.
It’s fascinating and sad to think about all the events that this group of people has survived and to reflect on the ones it won’t.
Foseti 
“They’re the last remnants of the world’s first civilization.” Well, first if you ignore Iraq.
Except Mongols killed off all the remnants of the various Iraqi civilizations.
This is one of the very, very few instances when Redgov scored a win (we’ll see how temporarily) in the Redgov vs. Bluegov perpetual turf-war. Bluegov finally conceded that their characteristically naive optimism was ‘premature’ and that the Blue-Blue (State-Foreign Ministry) link was untenable under al Ikhwan. They will let Red-Red continue to function (don’t believe talk of ‘suspension’ of aid – it isn’t true) until they find a ‘Liberal’ Morsi substitute.
The way it works in Egypt is kind of a secular version of olde England. Elite families run (with moderate levels of competence and corruption) and place a son in each of the bureaucracy, the military, the corporations, and academia, but they don’t have a hold on populist religion (and the media is split). There’s a lot of foreign intervention from the Saudi and Qatari rivals.
My guess is that Bluegov compromises and finds a ‘Liberal’ corporate-bureacratic type with family ties to (and backing from) the military. Somehow the election will be made to work out for the authorized result. It wouldn’t be the first time.
An excellent point to bring up in the midst of Egyptian chaos. All the MB’s blathering nonsense about anti-colonialism completely glosses over the fact that Arabs in Egypt are a colonial presence. Not that bringing the point up will do any good. As far as the Left is concerned, history began in 1492. Before that, it was Eden.
Then Redgov can demand privately to protect the Copts.
Redgov is largely incompetent. Competent Redgov would have defense budgeted automatically like entitlements. It would have VA benefits privatised like other benefit services [SNAP/EBT]. It might even win a war. Notice I list according to DC priorities.
Bluegov is competent at getting and keeping power, and civilization ending disaster at governing. Left to continue to fester in power they’ll eventually do this to America. It’s certainly their intention.
Their not misguided. Their drive is malice. Cloaked in serene righteousness. A righteousness so rapacious there isn’t enough room in the world for the rest of us. The Copts are the latest victims. Mind you there’s a Coptic Church around the block from me, so all is not lost.
Genetically most Egyptian muslims aren’t much different from the Copts. And there’s 8 million of those, they’ll be fine.
The decline of Coptic is a bummer, but what can you do.
I don’t know how different they are genetically, but you can tell them apart a mile away (both from appearance and behavior).
I just remember Razib or someone writing about it. It doesn’t make much sense that a bunch Arabs replaced most of all the old Egyptians.
How do you know anyway? I thought you only travelled to fancy places.
Yeah, I try to avoid the third world. I have a good friend that’s Coptic though (born in Egypt, but left young). I’ve spent a lot of time with his extended family. If you ever want tower some people that don’t like Muslims . . .
Give him some guns and send him back! Copts have more kids in Egypt that they have in exile. If community continuity is the goal we shouldn’t let them leave.
@Foseti:
Copts do sure hate them, but then again, who likes em?
Meanwhile the useless Catholic Hierarchy and the Television Christians [traditional protestants] are silent and bemused.
The only people taking action are their Egyptian neighbors who are watching their churches. Muslims of course, as Christians denounce violence.
For $2 Billion you protect the Churches, or no more money.
As they are going to the Saudis for the money, I doubt protecting Churches is a priority.
The American government are whores, and beyond redemption.
Syrian Christians have been around even longer than the Copts (at least culturally) and US-Israel is aiding in their extermination.
Nonsense. Israel is quite satisfied with the Assad regime. The Assad family has kept their Armistice line (with Israel) VERY QUIET for decades now.
From Al-Jazeera -In case it was not already clear, in an interview with the French daily newspaper Le Monde, the Egyptian General Amr said with remarkable frankness that he is prepared to oversee a campaign that would essentially be aimed at “purging” Egypt of political Islam.
“There are 90 million Egyptians and there are only three million [members of] the Muslim Brotherhood. We need six months to liquidate or imprison them all,” said in the interview, published on Monday.
The general’s affirmation is eerily similar to comments heard from the mouths of the Algerian “eradicators” – those within the regime who, advocated that any means necessary should be used to wipe out political Islam. This toolkit included any means necessary, with torture, killings and a complete disregard for basic human rights.
http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/middle-east/egypts-generals-following-algerian-playbook
Yes, this is what you have to do when you’re forced to live in a nation with others who can’t live under the same sky you do. The generals are correct. Either their enemies will be purged or they will be.
The fact that our State Dept, President + media even breathe words of support for the MB is an indictment of our ruling class.
Let’s hope they don’t think getting useless military “aid” from the USA is more important than purging their enemies.
We’ve seen this play before. Iran, 1979. Iranian generals indicate they are prepared to crush the revolutionary fanatics. Bluegov says to Carter, let’s turn them loose. Redgov says no, we can come to terms with Khomeini. Carter sides with Redgov.
Crap, I got the Redgov and Bluegov backwards. Can’t help but think of the Left as Red.
Anyway it was Vance and Ambassador Sullivan who were the big giant pussies, obviously.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/woman-dislocates-jaw-trying-eat-massive-burger-143407286.html
Civilization!
A most accurate depiction of our economy:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/economists-advise-nations-poor-to-invent-the-next,33573/
Economists Advise Nation’s Poor To Invent The Next Facebook
WASHINGTON—Claiming that no other feasible option exists for the United States’ legions of destitute citizens, a panel of the nation’s top economists convened Wednesday to advise America’s poor to extricate themselves from poverty by inventing the next Facebook. “As unemployment holds steady and lower-class income plummets, the best and, frankly, only option for the country’s working poor is to try and come up with a new service like Facebook that forever changes how people communicate with one another, and then monetize it,” said Brookings Institution socioeconomics expert Richard Reeves, emphasizing that the nation’s approximately 50 million men, women, and children currently living under the poverty line will only be able to save themselves from lifelong misery if they somehow conceive of some kind of innovative website that permanently alters the world’s social and technological landscape. “To be honest, with the gap between rich and poor only getting wider, there’s really no middle ground here. Either invent another Facebook or languish in the gutter until you starve to death. Those are pretty much your options. So, you know, good luck.” Reeves added that a good name for one of these revolutionary game changers that delivers its creator from a lifetime of hardship and suffering might be BuzzConnect.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/poll-98-of-people-picture-rundown-strip-mall-parki,33588/
Poll: 98% Of People Picture Run-Down Strip Mall Parking Lot When Word ‘America’ Said
WASHINGTON DC— A new poll conducted by the Pew Research Center found that, when asked to provide their immediate reaction to the sound of the word “America,” 98 percent of respondents replied by describing the sight of a near-empty parking lot of a decrepit suburban strip mall on a late February afternoon. “We’ve found that in nearly all instances the image that comes to peoples’ minds within milliseconds of the word ‘America’ being said is a small strip mall in northern Virginia, southern Missouri, or possibly somewhere outside of Indianapolis, featuring a checks cashed place, a cell-phone store, and an L.A. Tan with three customers inside,” said lead researcher Graham Tierney, adding that the identical tableau visualized by the vast majority of test subjects also included weeds growing through cracks in the asphalt, a Mountain Dew Code Red can rolling on the ground, and a grey overcast sky. “The lone variable we found was whether or not respondents also imagined a car idling while playing ‘Heaven’ by Los Lonely Boys with the windows down. Those subjects who did not imagine this element instead heard either the distant sound of a baby crying or the plaintive bark of a faraway dog.” Graham added that every single test subject became visibly downcast and requested that researchers not say that word to them again.
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