roachboy

i saw this line taking shape in conservativeland--the one that tries to exploit egypt and tunisian (and libya and bahrain and iran and algeria and morocco and jordan and yemen) as justifications of bush 2 policy.

in reality, the bush people were to the language of democracy what stalin was to the language of socialism.

if there is a connection it follows from the magnitude of the disaster that was the bush administration for the american empire in general. in the name of attempting to set up the united states as a military hegemon that operated outside the rules of the international game---iraq was the theater of that---hussein was a symbol of american humiliation for the neo-con asshats at pnac---the un the instrument of that humiliation---the iraq invasion was the chance to set that right---the americans didn't give a fuck about democracy or the iraqi people---you know this from the lack of a strategy past the initial assault----topple saddam hussein, generate photo ops, be Triumphant, get out. the result of that disaster was the beginning of the unravel of american imperialism. it's been unraveling by degrees ever since.

the cause of the revolts around the middle east include political repression and the chokeholds on economic development/opportunity that repression has enabled (by channeling resources through patronage systems/oligarchies) all of which has happened with the full and consistent support of the united states (except in the case of iran since 1979---but from 1953-1979 it was the same thing there). the proximate cause was the wikileaks dump about ben ali; the tunisian revolt inspired egyptians to act. underneath this is a long process of mobilization by the 6 august movement. the trigger in egypt was the arrest and torture/murder of khaled said in alexandria.

it has nothing to do with the bush administrations disastrous actions in iraq. nothing.
the bush administration's actions in iraq are to democracy what stalin was to socialism.


except to the extent that they **are** a disaster that weakened the image of the empire.

the neo-cons threw the dice over iraq and they fucked it up.
even now they don't accept responsibility. they don't acknowledge what they actually did.
and the press goes along with it for some reason.

btw--->hear that quiet chirping sound?

that's the sound of the continued silence of the american press about the information in the op.

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