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Since taking office, Obama fronted for wealth, power, and imperial poison globally, including hardline homeland control. No wonder James Petras called him:
"the greatest con-man in recent history," comparing him to "Melville's Confidence Man. He catches your eye while he picks your pocket. He gives thanks as he packs you off to fight wars in the Middle East on behalf of a foreign country. He solemnly mouths vacuous pieties while he empties your Social Security funds to bail out the arch financiers who swindled your pension investments. He appoints and praises the architects of collapsed pyramid schemes to high office while promising" better times ahead.
He also called him "America's first Jewish president," Israel's man, delivering unconditional support for policies harming America. He "crossed the River Jordan," backing its "colonial power in a strategic region of the" world, no matter how threatening "to world peace (and) US democratic values...."
Even New York Times writers Helene Cooper and Mark Landler noticed in their February 4 article headlined, "US Trying to Balance Israel's Needs in the Face of Egyptian Reform," saying:
Besides whatever emerges in Egypt, its street protests "are rocking an even more fundamental relationship for the United States - its (unconditional) 60-year alliance with Israel." Former "peace negotiator" Daniel Levy worries about:
"apres Mubarak, le deluge," saying that's "the core of what is the American interest in this. It's Israel" uber alles. "It's not worry about whether the Egyptians are going to close down the Suez Canal, or even the narrower terror issue."
White House spokesman, Tommy Vietor, assured Israeli officials that "our commitment to Israel's security is unshakeable," no matter the risk to our own. Imagine, however, the irony of Israel, Washington, and Western powers voicing concern about emerging democracy in Egypt, revealing their commitment to prevent it.
Imagine the courage of millions of Egyptians facing off against commonplace regime torture, disappearances, assassinations and other abuses to assure absolute autocratic control.
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