Comments by "Sandy Tatham" (@sandytatham3592) on "The Egyptian President, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has a message for the Egyptian people." video.

@olawumiyusuff3454 : Sisi is unpopular but he gave valuable advice. I know Egyptians often react emotionally but that's not helpful during this difficult time. Your economic system can't afford any more problems and tourism is already lower in Sinai because of the lack of trust in Egyptian people and in the safety of the Sinai-Gaza border.
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Exactly.
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@Tech-Corner2023 : I understood that he's warning Egyptians not to go down the path of Islamic jihadist terrorism because that could wreck Egypt in the same way that it wrecked Somalia. He's not worried about his own position, but about the country as a whole. Do you not see that? Are you projecting your own self-focus onto President Sisi?
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With an increase in Islamic jihadist terrorism in Egypt, the economic situation could get much worse for the people. It's not a threat if President Sisi is just pointing out the reality, with Somalia as the example. Why are Muslims so emotional and not pragmatic about this?
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Oh gosh… when will you grow out of this negative honour-shame culture? It doesn’t serve you and it holds you back from developing as a nation. Same with Somalia. Be pragmatic and use more critical analysis.
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@olawumiyusuff3454 : Fair enough. Does Egypt have potential replacements? I was in Egypt during the 2011 revolution and Egyptians don't seem to be ready for a democratic government. It's also in conflict with Islamic Sharia, so I'm not sure what you are proposing. President Sisi has done quite a good job, at least in terms of security. But of course he must live with the fear of being assassinated or of being overthrown.
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@misslola007 : Are you an Egyptian? I think Egypt needs a coercive leader because a lot of Egyptian people are emotional rather than critical thinkers. The honour-shame culture predominates and that's not a good thing. I found that President Sisi spoke very good sense, and he gave the example of a country that has been damaged badly by jihadist militancy.
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@NaderNabilart : I was talking about the 2012 elections. In the lead up there didn't appear to be one strong candidate, however it was obvious that the Muslim Brotherhood were very organised and they had a popular slogan. Obviously after President Sisi was elected, the possibility of voting in a new President disappeared, like you say.
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With an increase in Islamic jihadist terrorism, it could get way worse for Egyptians. It's not a threat if he's just pointing out the reality and using Somalia as the example.
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@h.mosleh687 : Tourism is lower in Sinai as a repercussion of Egypt's border with Gaza not being trustworthy, and with the majority of Egyptians supporting Hamas, "their Muslim brothers". Even if President Sisi wanted the border blocked, it clearly wasn't. I don't doubt that President Sisi has made some bad economic decisions but I want the best for Egyptians so please try not to allow Islamic jihadist terrorism to get out of control in Sinai in the way that it has done in Somalia.
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It's inhumane that Egypt didn't allow for a humanitarian zone to be set up inside Sinai for babies, children, mothers of children, the elderly and the sick. I don't know any other time in the last 50 years that citizens have been forcibly trapped inside a war zone.
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