Unlike the phony astro-turf Tea Party movement in this country, I love to see real democratic uprisings like the one in Egypt and the recent Green Party movement in Iran. People taking to the streets to take their country back, or least try to take it back, from oppressive regimes.
The uprising in Egypt is not only a rejection of the Mubarak regime, it's also a rejection of U.S. interventionist foreign policy in the Middle-East. For almost 30 years, the Egyptian people have been under the thumb of a guy who's taken foreign aid from the U.S. and funneled it into his personal bank accounts, properties and assets and into the pockets of members of his regime. What wasn't pilfered by the Mubarak regime came back to the U.S. military industrial complex in the purchase of fighter jets, bombers, tanks, helicopters, missiles, bombs and munitions of all kinds. All the while, U.S. administrations from Reagan to Obama sent foreign aid to Egypt with a wink and a nod, knowing full well where the money was going.
Yup, I love democratic uprisings. Too bad we Americans are too apathetic and complacent to even vote someone into office that might upset the status quo.
Here's a video of a young protester standing up to pro-Mubarak forces in Alexandria. They shot him down in cold blood even though he posed no threat to them.
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The uprising in Egypt is not only a rejection of the Mubarak regime, it's also a rejection of U.S. interventionist foreign policy in the Middle-East. For almost 30 years, the Egyptian people have been under the thumb of a guy who's taken foreign aid from the U.S. and funneled it into his personal bank accounts, properties and assets and into the pockets of members of his regime. What wasn't pilfered by the Mubarak regime came back to the U.S. military industrial complex in the purchase of fighter jets, bombers, tanks, helicopters, missiles, bombs and munitions of all kinds. All the while, U.S. administrations from Reagan to Obama sent foreign aid to Egypt with a wink and a nod, knowing full well where the money was going.
Yup, I love democratic uprisings. Too bad we Americans are too apathetic and complacent to even vote someone into office that might upset the status quo.
Here's a video of a young protester standing up to pro-Mubarak forces in Alexandria. They shot him down in cold blood even though he posed no threat to them.
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