> Loosing the Goons: The Mubarak-Obama Move to Crush Egypt's UprisingWritten by Chris Floyd
> Wednesday, 02 February 2011 16:47
> I must agreewith As'ad AbuKhalil: The violence we are seeing in Egypt today (Wednesday) is a direct result of a green-light from Washington to "do what it takes" to preserve the Cairo regime. Today we have suddenly seen hundreds of "pro-Mubarak" goons pouring into the public squares to attack the non-violent demonstrators. The Egyptian Army – whom most of the demonstrators had lauded and looked to for protection from the police – is now apparently refusing to interfere with the attacks by the goon squads against the unarmed protestors. The UN reports that at least 300 people have already been killed in violence against the demonstrators since the uprising began: this number will now rise, perhaps sharply.
> What is happening seems clear: Mubarak, backed by Obama, has decided to foment a storm of bloodshed, chaos and fear in order to provide a justification for "restoring order" – i.e., crushing the uprising by force. This course could not have been adopted without the support of the Cairo regime's patrons and paymasters in Washington. None of this should come as a surprise. From the very beginning, the administration of Barack Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been killing people – most of them defenseless civilians – all over the world to advance a brutal agenda of militarist domination and the enrichment of corrupt elites.
From what I can tell, that seems to be a correct assessment.
I notice the neo-cons not saying much about it either.
Unfortunately, because of these kind of tactics, Mubarak will probably
wind up being hanged soon and the US suffer the consequences of the
underhanded support of the regime, while telling the US citizens we
supported the citizens of Egypt the whole time.
What dirty no good rats we have for politicians in both parties now
days.
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