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Monday, January 31, 2011
Egypt - U.S. and Israel Begin to Take Lead for Blame Game – Evacuations of U.S. Nationals to Avoid Iranian Like Hostage Crisis – Too Little Too Late?
Crowds now Gathering in Egypt to Protest Full Article and photo credit Aljaezeera.net
As the Muslim Brotherhood and Mohammed El Baradei are in talks to form a government sans the National Democrat Party in Egypt (Haaretz), El Baradei, in a statement called out the U.S. noting the same is: "losing credibility by the day" in calling for democracy in Egypt while continuing to support President Hosni Mubarak. (Montreal Gazette) This was the first salvo fired by the dissident at the United States, however, The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Anger in Egypt is beginning to turn to the U.S. and Israel, a familiar trip down memory lane.
In response to the unrest and most likely the heated rhetoric and the historical similarities as well as the same players (Muslim Brotherhood) to 1979 and specifically the taking of U.S. Hostages, governments are moving their citizens out of Egypt at a rapid rate.
Not unlike his predecessor, President James Carter, and his loss of Iran, Obama will (and already has been) credited with the of Egypt.(Haaretz.com)
What is most disturbing with this situation and others in context to what took place a scant 30 years ago is the fact that, the U.S., and anyone with an ability to research and read, would have found a blueprint designed to show “What not to do with Economics and Foreign Policy”, filed under the administration of former President James Carter. It may all be coincidence, or the fact that two men, with little to know government and/or foreign policy experience, were put into power during time which demanded the alternative. It is, as one can well imagine, “Monday morning quarterbacking”, however, the thought of an Egypt similar to Iran is abhorrent. Calls for Democracy are one thing, however, one must take a look at these nations and the characters involved to understand that those that seek absolute power, do so under the guise of Democracy, where the ultimate goal is one of a total authoritarian theocracy.
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