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Then asked what's next if legitimate grievances aren't resolved, he said: "(T)his is a situation that will be solved by the people of Egypt."
In other words, Washington unconditionally supports Mubarak. Egyptians must solve their own problems, America is complicit in causing.
Commenting on January 28, London Guardian columnist Simon Tisdall said "Washington needs a friendly regime in Cairo more than it needs a democratic government," adding that backing authoritarian rule is "pragmatic" for the same reasons Saddam Hussein was supported in the 1980s and numerous other despots today.
He also called "the balancing act performed by (Obama) and (Secretary of State Clinton) excruciating to watch," against "a backdrop of street battles, beatings, tear gas, flying bricks, mass detentions and attempts to shut information networks...."
An aroused Mohamed ElBaradei said:
"If you would like to know why the United States does not have credibility in the Middle East, that is precisely the answer."
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Providing live updates, the Guardian quoted London School of Economics Professor Fawaz Geges calling events:
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