“I am pretty sure that any freely and fairly elected government in Egypt will be a moderate one, but America is really pushing Egypt and pushing the whole Arab world into radicalization with this inept policy of supporting repression.” -Egyptian Nobel Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei
We might do well as a country to understand that our actions in other parts of the world will have consequences.
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It’s disgustingly hypocritical of the U.S. State Department to support the revolution in Tunisia while condemning the unrest in Egypt. It’s clear that State’s goal is a sort of passive selective imperialism. Either way, it’s deplorable.