I see that no one saw fit to comment on the last post. Although I should take that as a sign that no one wants to read my political rants here, I shall choose to interpret it that you all agree with me.
With that in mind, coupled with the fact that I am getting hoarse screaming at my radio whenever the Egyptian "crisis" is mentioned. I must post again on the issue, since lots seems to have happened recently.
Aside from the press making mountains out of this issue, it appears that the US is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, or should I specify that the great student of history, our current leader, is doomed, in his arrogance at thinking he knows everything better, to repeat the mistakes of the president he so closely resembles ( in politics at least) Jimmy Carter.
I heard a clip today of the late great president, Ronald Reagan, saying how he felt the US made a tremendous blunder in not supporting the Shah, and look what followed. This is of course a similar situation. The first Jackwagon has already thrown one of our allies under the bus, ( along with most everyone he has ever been affiliated with, but that is another, much older post) and the news is that we are in talks with Egyptian leaders to work on the succession of Mubarak, who, in the eyes of the State Department, has already resigned, since we asked him to so nicely.
The only things Mubarak has done to us is been a staunch ally to the US, and not hammered Israel more that is necessary to save face among the Arabs. This, of course, ( being an ally to the USA while G.W. Bush was president) is the ultimate crime in the eyes of our idiotic leader. Therefore, he must go, and another country must be destabilized, so that the vacuum can be filled by Islamic radicals.
Can we not see where this is going? Haven't we been down this road before? Or is it the master plan of the current American regime?
I am herewith formally requesting that the President of the United States resign. Based on the way they operate, he should willingly leave, since I asked so nicely.
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I disagree. Stable countries don't have rioting on a daily basis calling for the leader to step down. The radicals are there, already, in the Muslim Brotherhood, and it's just lucky that the army/police did not open fire and clamp down making for a situation wherein the radicals really ramp things up. The people are claiming to want democracy, Mubarak does not meet that end (he wants to install his son after him), so at this point he should step down before things become very unstable in a violent takeover kind of way. By leaving semi-voluntarily there is more control over who takes over, as the people claim to want free and open elections. Is this good for Israel? No. But there's nothing about what the US did in a powder keg situation, in a powder keg region that could have been done differently. He's essentially a dictator, should the US have supported him? Done nothing and let the protests turn more violent with Al qaeda stepping in, and really messing things up. Time will tell, but I think this is a better road to more stability for THAT country.
Mubrak's leaving voluntarily does not necessarily give anyone more control over a free and democratic election. A vaacum like that with no clear leader poised to take over will be filled with radicals or anyone one else violent enough to do away with protesters.
I wish we knew that the Eygptians would like a true democracy but this is really leaving a lot up to the angry mobs.
Not disagreeing with your basic premise about our dear leader, the situation is still the hobson's choice of any president.
Yes we have to support dictators while trying to mitigate their excesses. Unfortunately, it takes centuries to prepare a people for true american style democracy and with the exception of postwar japan and germany,(I wish i knew what made it work) it hasn't been done overnight at any other time.
On the other hand, if we support a dictator until he is literally removed from office by force or the threat of overwhelming force, we lose all influence with the new regime.
The best way is to cultivate acceptable alternate dictators before the unrest begins. A long hard road but ultimately, effective.
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