As Chomsky often reminds us, the US not only supports despotic regimes all over the planet, but also acts in a formulaic manner when those regimes are challenged. The old dictator becomes a bad guy that we have always known about, and he is replaced with a good guy who later turns out to be a bad guy too.
I was a little sick at heart during the Egyptian uprising for two related reasons: Hillary Clinton was working the situation, meaning that she was lining up the new dictator, and US military aid continued without a hiccup, meaning that the new regime did not threaten either US or (subordinate) Israeli interests.
Well golly, it turns out that Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s new president, is also Egypt’s new thug.
Tunisia’s new government is turning on the tear gas as well. Hillary can leave office with a “Mission Accomplished” banner overhead. She did her job. The thugs still rule.
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