You know it, I know it, tell the traitors in congress and the wh this. On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:29 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote:
> the illusion continues > --- > the USA can't protect, feed or represent the world's population > > their countries ... their problems > fund your own charities > > On Feb 2, 10:50 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > Losing EgyptbyThe Freemanon Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 12:01am > > Egyptians have taken to the streets to demand the ouster of President > Hosni Mubarak, the U.S.-backed leader who came to power after the > assassination of Anwar Sadat nearly 30 years ago. We can be sure that sooner > or later someone will condemn Barack Obama as the president wholost > Egypt.Such mutterings, in my view, would border on delusion. The world is > not a chessboard on which the U.S. government can move the world s people > around, expecting them to obey. And yet the illusion continues. > > After generations of backing dictators who flout their people s > interests, the obvious question is, Why do American political leaders > repeatedly follow the same path even though such actions fit Einstein s > definition of insanity : doing the same thing over and over expecting > different results? > > My answer is that for more than a century, Americans have been inundated > with the Religion of Progressivism, which is based on a belief that > governments hold the keys to happiness and prosperity, and that Really Wise > People with theproper educational and professional credentialsare the > Keepers of the Secret. The Progressives of a century ago held that commerce > without the guiding hand of the wise State ultimately debases all of life, > and that the economy should serve the greater interests of America. This was > naturally extended to foreign affairs. > > Today, modern American institutions, from corporations to education to > churches, use such beliefs as core organizing principles, and both liberals > and conservatives fully have embraced this secular faith. The policy elite > sees the United States as a singular organic interest and believes the > interests of everyone else on earth need to be brought into line with the > American agenda.Bribery and ForceMany Americans seem to think that the > arrangement pushed on the rest of the world must be kept together by a > combination of bribery and sheer force. American troops are stationed all > over the globe and presently are fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, > neither of which is going very well. (And no one should be surprised that > occupied people fight back.) > > For more than three decades, the United States has used bribery with > Egypt. (It is the second largest recipient of U.S. aid, behind Israel.) Such > aid has not only propped up Mubarak s government, but it also has relieved > it of the need to liberalize the economy because no matter how much wealth > it wastes, the United States is there with its big checkbook. > > We shouldn t be surprised that the individuals at the top of Egypt s > governing structure are the main beneficiaries of this bribery, while > ordinary people are forced to live in poverty. Mubarak sinterventionist > economyhas made some moves toward liberalization in recent years, but it has > a long way to go to being free and fully market-oriented. The people > protesting in the streets understand that U.S. financial aid props up the > corruption and oppression. > > No, they don t hate us for our freedoms. They hate a U.S. policy that, > in the name of stability, works against freedom. This is where Progressivism > has led. > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
