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And, yes, I DO take it personally: I swear to God, the U.S. and the E.U. are fucking clueless about Egypt
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Sunday, February 06, 2011

I swear to God, the U.S. and the E.U. are fucking clueless about Egypt

but, in the process of being clueless, nevertheless reveal their true dark intentions...
West Backs Gradual Egyptian Transition

The United States and leading European nations on Saturday threw their weight behind Egypt’s vice president, Omar Suleiman, backing his attempt to defuse a popular uprising without immediately removing President Hosni Mubarak from power.

American officials said Mr. Suleiman had promised them an “orderly transition” that would include constitutional reform and outreach to opposition groups.

c'mon... let's get really real here... super-rich elites are behind their political and governmental puppets in most of the world but never more so than in the eu and the u.s. and have zero interest in seeing the status quo change... so, how to respond to egypt...? back an incremental, phased "transition" approach headed by mubarak's intelligence chief, the very one who was the lead in arranging extraordinary renditions with the cia and who, reportedly, enjoys an occasional hands-on torture session himself (see: The Torture Career of Egypt's New Vice President: Omar Suleiman and the Rendition to Torture Program)... supporting a transition government under suleiman is going to lead to true democracy in egypt how...?

and then we have dick - darth vader - cheney...

Cheney calls Mubarak a good friend, US ally

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday called Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak a good friend and U.S. ally, and he urged the Obama administration to move cautiously as turmoil continued to shake that nation's government.

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"There is a reason why a lot of diplomacy is conducted in secret. There are good reasons for there to be confidentiality in some of those communications. And I think President Mubarak needs to be treated as he deserved over the years, because he has been a good friend," Cheney said at an event commemorating the centennial of President Ronald Reagan's birth.

that's right dick-wad... just reconfirm what we all know... the u.s. has absolutely no reservations about propping up the vilest regimes in the world as long as they toe the u.s. line... and if there's any doubt about the "propping up" part, it was reported the other day that slimeball mubarak has as much as 70 BILLION DOLLARS squirreled away in u.s., uk and swiss banks... now, just where exactly did all that money come from, huh...?

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