re: #39 Killgore Trout

They wouldn’t last long and I don’t think there’s enough willpower or motivation. Egypt has problems but most Egyptians are well off (relatively speaking), they have jobs, food, TV, etc. A few nuts may choose to fight but most other people have better stuff to do.

A lot of the martyrdom talk is coming from leadership types in the tradition of “You guys go out there and die for the cause, we’ll be back here.”