By Robert Fisk in Cairo
"Even in past examples where presidents have sent someone 'respected' or 'close' to a foreign leader in order to lubricate an exit," Mr Noe adds, "the envoys in question were not actually paid by the leader they were supposed to squeeze out!"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27428.htm
The Egyptian Mirror
By Glenn Greenwald
It's remarkable how self-righteously our political and media class can proclaim sympathy with the heroic populace, and such scorn for their dictator, without really reconciling our national responsibility for Mubarak's reign of terror.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27429.htm
Recognizing the Language of Tyranny
By Chris Hedges
Those who administer empire-elected officials, corporate managers, generals and the celebrity courtiers who disseminate the propaganda-become very wealthy.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27433.htm
Kleptocrats at Work
By Paul Craig Roberts
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27432.htm
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Strangling Egypt: Eric Margolis on the Empire
http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2182939/12759198/134537/0/
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'Sheik al-Torture': Washington's New Man in Cairo
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/02/08-4
U.S. Middle-East Policy: "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil -- Just Practice It, Then Act Surprised"
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/08
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For America, stability trumps freedom
Spiked
by Sean Collins
02/08/11
In echoing Mubarak?s call for an 'orderly transition,' the US is undermining the fight for democratic rights...
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10168/
Illusions of change
CounterPunch
by Ron Jacobs
02/08/11
While the drama of revolution plays out across Egypt, the capitols of former and current western imperial powers are abuzz with activity. Much of this activity is focused on preventing the success of the Egyptian uprising by replacing the man Hosni Mubarak with another agent of those powers. The top name in the hat at this time appears to be Egypt's torture chief and recently appointed vice president Omar Suleiman. As most observers of the region know (and as has been reported in media around the world) Suleiman's history includes assisting in renditions, torture and operating the Egyptian internal security apparatus...
http://counterpunch.org/jacobs02082011.html
Five reasons why Arab regimes are falling
The Christian Science Monitor
by Moataz A. Fattah
02/08/11
Public protests in Egypt are not about minor changes or grievances. President Hosni Mubarak?s regime faces a deep process of legitimacy erosion ?- the same pattern of legitimacy erosion that exists across much of the Arab region. This erosion won?t simply go away with more protests or new governments, and it will be with us in the years to come. Understanding the larger societal and demographic factors eroding these regimes is vital to understanding the unrest in the Middle East and how the Arab world can move forward...
http://tinyurl.com/45eebox
Ideology vs. the national interest
The American Conservative
by Patrick J. Buchanan
02/07/11
Hosni Mubarak has been a loyal ally. He kept the peace with Israel and helped keep weapons out of Gaza. He fought beside us in Desert Storm and stands with us in the War on Terror. But he is also an autocrat who rules a regime where state and army are virtually one and where the opposition is squelched, when it is not imprisoned. If a democratic Egypt is America?s goal, we will push for the removal of Mubarak, for the army to go back to the barracks, and for parliamentary and presidential elections where all parties participate. But before we do this, we should be on notice what a democratic Egypt, where the government reflects the will of the people, may look like...
http://tinyurl.com/494uul6
Egypt, human rights and America
Our Future Blog
by Alan Jenkins
02/08/11
After two weeks behind the curve on the uprising in Egypt, the Obama administration seems to have found its voice, recognizing that our national interests and our national values point in the same direction ? toward democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. There are reasons to worry about the kind of regime that will emerge in Cairo. But promoting those three principles will serve our nation well in supporting the Egyptian people and engaging whatever government they ultimately choose. The same is true here at home...
http://tinyurl.com/6c2fck5
Is the US really the freest country in the world?
Fr33 Agents
by Xaq Fixx
02/07/11
Whether you take a holistic approach to freedom or analyze any number of specific categories the United States of America consistently is proven not to be the freest country. Countries in Scandinavia, Western Europe [and] the English Speaking Far East do much better comparatively when examined either way but often still prove far from ideal. Americans can and should see the assaults on their freedoms as an opportunity to improve and live up to the legend we all grew up believing...
http://tinyurl.com/4gppqkk
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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"Orderly Transition" or "Nothing Burger" Reforms? Benchmarks for US Policy in Egypt
Robert Naiman, Truthout: "To the disappointment of many, the Obama administration's policy of 'orderly transition to democracy' in Egypt, which just a few days ago seemed to be embracing pro-democracy protesters' demand that Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak leave office, now seems to be backtracking to the idea that Mubarak and Vice President Omar Suleiman can lead a credible process of transition to democracy, despite the unwillingness of the US-backed Egyptian government so far to accept any concrete demands for reform."
http://www.truth-out.org/orderly-transition-or-nothing-burger-reforms-benchmarks-us-policy-egypt67593
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Middle+East
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Egypt
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mubarak
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Suleiman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=empire
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=imperial
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=tyranny
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=political+class
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=wealthy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corruption
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=propaganda
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=rendition
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=torture
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=the+rule+of+law
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=human+rights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Fisk
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/margolis
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pepe+Escobar
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sean+Collins
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ron+Jacobs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Moataz+A.+Fattah
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Patrick+J.+Buchanan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Alan+Jenkins
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Naiman
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