Not every uprising in that part of the world means that outside forces are to blame.
Tunisia politically blew up because one guy lit himself on fire because the government refused him to give him a license to sell his fruit & make a living. Iranians in 2009 were pissed off because they believed Ahmadinejad rigged his own reelection. Yet its supposedly true here. Why?
Actually that last was a rhetorical question. The $1.5 billion of US aid (much of it military) has everything to do w/ it.
When our government is inept & corrupt & not paying attention to the needs of their citizens &/or not doing something fast enough, we in the US can vote them out of office. Egyptians do not have even that choice.
Freedom of Assembly & Speech as well as Habeas Corpus (a person's right to contest their unlawful detention) have no meaning there. Free elections (as defined by the UN) is a completely foreign concept to the current Egyptian regime. Human Rights, especially considering the newly appointed Vice President ran that country's rendition program, you can forget about it.
I'm sorry but the Egyptian people have every right to be pissed & demand change.
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This here is Rika. She was gracious enough to indulge me in what has been described as my Superman Fetish. :)
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