Fun fact: apparently, the IDF is an active member of the twitterverse. Excellent. Stumbled across this thanks to a retweet from Israel (true story, the State of Israel has a verified twitter account) and, while the variety of people and organizations I can follow on twitter continues to amaze and entertain me, my eye was most drawn to this article, posted by the IDFSpokesperson:
"At the end of the Mubarak presidency, relations with Egypt will be unclear"
More than anything else, it brought to mind the discussion of the influence- or lack thereof- of the individual. The UN without Eleanor Roosevelt, MEPP without Yitzhak Rabin, and, in this piece, Egypt without Mubarak (and mention of Palestine's Abu Mazen).... the list could continue, with various levels of debatability in regards to the extent and necessity of each individual's role.
Another intriguing thing to note, while you're there: take a gander at who the IDF is "following." Israelis, Israeli news organizations and politicians, the Jewish Agency, consulates in Israel, the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland, CNN, and the US Army, Air Force, and Marines. Listing allies, are we?
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