Just a quick question, here, since i'm on a publishing spree, finally posting all the blogs i've written in the last week.
Now, I'm all for freedom everywhere. And i love to see a dictator toppled.
But why is it that when unrest started in egypt, Obama took no time at all to demand Mubarak, an ally of the united states, and a comparatively sane guy (compared to say, any other middle eastern dictator, his murder rates are more akin to the Weathermen) to step down. Now, i don't like the idea of allying ourselves with dictators, because that tends to make us look bad thirty years later, in a highly unstable region, when the next regime is in power, and not too happy about our previous allis.
But, he was our ally, and yet, Obama made statements in the media that he step down, within a day, while he outed Gaddafi (a psychopathic, murderous lunatic who is a sworn enemy of the US) only a few days ago.
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The delay in Libya was a bit excessive, but the reason they waited is because they needed to get a boat of American citizens out of the country and they didn't want Qadaffi to deny the boat permission to leave.
ReplyDeleteIt is also about power games. The US's status is in the region has been declining and when it comes to its long time dictators/allies being toppled from power, the government must carefully wait and see. If it sides with the people too quickly and the dictator stays in power, he will think that the US isn't loyal and will betray its allies. If the US doesn't give enough support to the young people, then it is seen as backing the corruption in the countries....
ReplyDeleteBut like you said, the US got itself into this mess by becoming addicted to oil and turning the other way when it came to unemployment and human right abuses