The Egypt lobby

by on February 13, 2011 7
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Bloomberg Business Week: "US Lawmakers cheer Mubarak exit, urge secular rule:"

While Egyptians should determine their own future, Representative Howard Berman of California said, the U.S. should use its influence “to encourage a process of change that is orderly and a government whose foreign and security policies support our interests.” In a statement, Berman, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs panel, said that would include a government that is “secular in orientation."

Representative Nita Lowey of New York, the top Democrat on the House spending panel that oversees foreign aid, said she is “concerned” about the Muslim Brotherhood. She said Vice President Omar Suleiman should listen to all groups pushing for change in Egypt “but be sensitive to those who represent true secular democracy."

Thanks to the internet, Egyptians can read the statements of all these wonderful folks who for years have demonstrated their concerns for their liberties

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  1. VR says:
    February 13, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    As I have said in many different ways with different posts, the Egyptian “revolution” needs to be reaccessed. People need to know why there is so much moving and shaking in the USA about how Egypt should “change” –

    EGYPT: US CO-OPTED “REVOLUTION” FOR NEOLIBERAL DESIGNS

    People should have recognized what was happening when Otpor which is a National Endowment for Democracy, groomed the youth resistance movement in Egypt. Until people face up to this fact they have no idea how much peril is involved for the people of Egypt, there is no difference between this and the other color neoliberal activity all over the world.

    • Sumud says:
      February 14, 2011 at 5:17 am

      Serious problem w/ your website VR. Each time I click on that link my browser freezes. I’ve tried on two different machines, it is reproducible behaviour. It’s a Flash issue: Flash plug-in goes to 100% CPU usage and sometimes crashes. I’m running Safari 5.0.3 on Mac 10.6.6, Flash version is 10.2.152.26 – all current versions.

      A side note on usability, that coloured text on a black background is *extremely* hard on the eyes.

  2. DICKERSON3870 says:
    February 14, 2011 at 1:58 am

    RE: …Nita Lowey…said Vice President Omar Suleiman should listen to all groups pushing for change in Egypt “but be sensitive to those who represent true secular democracy.”

    SEE: The fear of freedom — by Paul Woodward, War in Context, 02/13/11

    (excerpts) As the train of democracy gathers steam in Egypt, there are those nearby who seem eager to throw themselves under its wheels…[Israeli historian, Benny] Morris believes that those of us in the West currently intoxicated by the glorious vision of democracy taking birth in Egypt, have only been able to indulge in such emotions because we don’t understand what Egyptians really want….
    …Trapped inside a misanthropic Zionist mindset, Morris seems incapable of recognizing that at the core of the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions, the driving force is not ideological. It is a universal and human demand for respect…

    ENTIRE COMMENTARY – link to warincontext.org

    • VR says:
      February 14, 2011 at 2:21 am

      The question that needs to answered Mr Dickerson is which “democracy” is being headed for in Egypt. I invite you and Mr. Woodward to read my current post on my blog, if you can gainsay the facts stated there than I will relent – but I don’t believe what I have posted is assailable. Now, the desire of the Egyptian people might indeed be “the universal demand for respect,” I do not deny that – the question that must be answered is will you find that dignity in partnering with a U.S. co-opted color “revolution.” It has never occurred with this type of partnership, and if you make a deal with the devil (whether you are aware of it or not) the consequences remain the same – regardless of Mr. Morris and his insane musing.

      • DICKERSON3870 says:
        February 14, 2011 at 8:21 am

        RE: …will you find that dignity in partnering with a U.S. co-opted color “revolution.” – VR
        ANSWER: Most likely not. And frankly, “partnering” with the U.S. is tantamount to assuming the role of a severely abused spouse, so where’s the dignity in that? But unfortunately, people sometimes revolt with the revolution they have and not the revolution they might want or wish to have at a later time. And then there is also the tricky matter of ‘known unknowns’ vs. ‘unknown knowns’ and vice versa doubly reversed. Or as one of America’s most valiant pithy warriors once put it, “stuff happens”.
        In summation, attaining true dignity often requires a lengthy ‘war of accretion’. There are seldom any shortcuts.
        P.S. See my posts at the FB group, The Egyptian Revolution: “We are Free!” – link to facebook.com

  3. yourstruly says:
    February 14, 2011 at 2:09 am

    if now is the time

    in starting that prairie fire

    considering that a single spark can do it

    as for this miracle on the nile

    what sort of world?

    now that it’s up to us

    and that when the spirit is that of the you are I, I am you

    we become one

    hallelujah

    amen

  4. MRW says:
    February 14, 2011 at 5:18 am

    She said Vice President Omar Suleiman should listen to all groups pushing for change in Egypt “but be sensitive to those who represent true secular democracy.”

    Lowry didn’t get the news that Suleiman is out?