"I don’t like to use labels for folks. Mubarak is a good man.
He has done good things. He has maintained stability. We
will continue to support him. He is a friend."
--U.S. President Obama before Cairo Speech, June 2009.
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The US Gov't's fence-riding on Egypt allows time and space for
Mubarak to call out henchmen to create violence as a pretext
for a crackdown in the interests of "stability". It is a cynical
approach that awaits the failure of state sponsored violence
or its success. In essence, President Obama and Secretary of
State Clinton are allowing their friend Mubarak some time to
kill and maim enough people to quell a revolution to rid Egypt
of his tyranny. Maybe he can outlast the uprising with
intransigence. Clearly the US wants Mubarak or someone like
him, General Suleiman, to keep US friendly "stability" in place.
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The latest State Department trial balloon of suggesting Mubarak's
torture master, General Suleiman, take over and Mubarak leave
insults anyone who knows Egypt and likely infuriates Egyptians.
It is a clear sign the US is not interested in democracy for Egypt.
And the Corpress alive with fearmongering about the Muslim
Brotherhood shows the elite are terrified of Egyptian people
choosing their own rulers.
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US folks sould take notes about how Mubarak is cracking down
by shutting down the internet and then turning it back on as
he brutalizes protesters and assaults journalists. The same may
occur within a few years here in the land of "freedom".
1 comment:
Every day it seems perched on the razor's edge - change at it's climax. Thankfully the patient souls who hold vigil with such relentless resilience aren't succumbing to the easy purchase of their oppressor. While the USA idly watches, what slight propoganda manages to slip through between superbowl hype and pundit quips.
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.. and nothin' ain't worth nothin'.. but it's free.
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