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The streaming video coverage on Al Jazeera's english-language web site is so much more insightful and penetrating than the US cable channels. I highly recommend it for 24-7 coverage. I have the US cable news channels on for comparison only. It's like night and day.
What mixedmedia says just above about our country without a clear place in this event is very true. On the one hand the Saudis have denounced the protestors in no uncertain terms and support the Egyptian regime, while the Iranians support the people in the streets (disingenuous as it is, it makes sense from a realpolitik perspective). That leaves us between a rock and a hard place and demonstrates that the US is stuck behind the 8-ball while history happens...
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