Egypt and Libya showed Western Loonies what FAFO truly means! There’s a certain delusional charm about the Western Left, but Arab regimes set their brains right. Leftists think the world works like their college campus or NGO protests – where emotions dictate policy, protests are street theatre, and international borders are mere suggestions.
However, reality came knocking on their doors when hundreds of self-declared “human rights” activists from 80+ countries boarded flights to Egypt and Libya for the “Global March to Gaza.” Loonies expected global applause, drone shots of virtue-signaling banners, and a Nobel Peace Prize nomination by Monday. What they got instead was a crash course in Middle East Realpolitik 101, starring Egyptian military checkpoints, and Libyan militia-controlled borders!
Egypt Detains and Deports Leftists Activists
These woke warriors thought they’d walk into Sinai like it’s some Burning Man for BDS supporters. They expected peace signs and granola bars. Instead, they got Egyptian police officers, armored vans, and swift deportation orders. Within hours of setting foot in Cairo, many had their passports seized, phones monitored, and movements restricted.
“I’m being detained,” whined one Canadian doctor online, as if shouting into the internet would miraculously open the Rafah crossing.
Egypt, to their utter shock, doesn’t run on feelings. It runs on military intelligence, regional stability, and zero tolerance for foreign meddling. The activists’ biggest crime? Thinking their privilege extended across borders. When the Arab regime deported Delusional Western LeLis, their worldviews began to crash!
Egypt has every right to secure its Gaza border. This border is sealed with a concrete wall after years of dealing with Hamas tunnels, ISIS spillovers, and arms smuggling. But the LeLi Loonies had read none of that. They came armed with placards and pompousness.
Libya to Leftists: “Turn Around. Now.”
Meanwhile, the land convoy from Tunisia was moving through Libya like it was a humanitarian road trip. They waved Palestinian flags from their buses, sang protest songs, and broadcast live videos. All was fine – until they hit Sirte, a region that makes even seasoned war correspondents nervous. Eastern Libya’s Haftar group, backed by Egypt, told the convoy to get lost or sit tight without internet.
Libya did not ask or care about their cause. The Libyan authorities weren’t interested in the opinions of “solidarity tourists.”
Their message was simple: “This is not your sandbox. Go home.”
Many of these activists didn’t even know that Libya has two rival governments. They couldn’t pronounce “Haftar” or “Tripoli.” Yet they marched into a conflict zone thinking their Western passports were shields. They assumed Libyan militias would throw roses. Instead, they threw up checkpoints and no-entry signs.
Useful Idiots Meet Local Reality
Once the Egyptian authorities began tightening the leash, these activists did what they do best – they turned on everyone. Chanting “F*** you Israel” quickly evolved into “F*** you Egypt,” as if hurling abuse at a sovereign nation was a smart diplomatic tactic. One European activist complained: “I’m shocked Egypt is doing Israel’s dirty work.” Clearly, he expected the Egyptian military to clap along with his protest chants while he live-streamed anti-Israel monologues from Tahrir Square.
Sorry, LeLi Loonies – Egypt’s national interest doesn’t include hosting your tantrum.
Many of these “activists” were shocked to learn that Egypt had arrested over 180 pro-Palestinian agitators since October – most of them Egyptians. If Cairo doesn’t tolerate its citizens stirring trouble in the name of Gaza, why on earth would they roll out the red carpet for Greta Thunberg’s activist interns?
These weren’t martyrs. They were tourists with delusions of grandeur.
LeLi Loonies Learn – You Don’t Have a “Right to Protest” Everywhere
One of the most laughable beliefs that these activists hold dear is the “Right to Protest.” However, they forget that such rights end within the borders of their nations. No nation allows foreign interference in the form of NGO-powered protests.
In Egypt, national security trumps imported activism.
In Libya, survival trumps virtue-signaling.
You can’t just enter a militarized zone, chant slogans, and expect immunity because you once interned at Amnesty International. These marchers weren’t peace ambassadors. They were well-fed, well-funded, ill-informed foot soldiers of Leftist theatre. Their mission wasn’t about Gaza – it was about relevance. And when faced with the cold indifference of the real world, they cried, tweeted, and got deported.
Even funnier? Israel didn’t stop them – Egypt and Libya did.
Egypt and Libya Say “Take Your LeLi Agenda and Go Home”!
The “Global March to Gaza” was never about Gaza. It was about them. Their agenda, their drama, their “activist credentials.” Gaza was just the background for their performative politics. When Egypt and Libya pulled the curtain, they exposed the truth: these weren’t brave protesters.
Gaza Activists are narcissistic Andolanjeevis in search of outrage and selfies.
Their entitlement, not their empathy, drives them. Next time they want to help, maybe try something radical: ask the locals, learn about the region, and respect the law. But that would mean acknowledging their privilege — and we can’t have that, can we?
So for now, let’s thank Egypt and Libya for doing what needed to be done: handing out reality checks at the border and reminding these Western loonies that international relations aren’t a theater for their TikTok tantrums.