Israel, that shining beacon of freedom and democracy in the middle east is urging all nations to support dictator Mubarak
Indeed... while protests and marches in support for the people in Egypt are happening in places like Canada, the UK, etc., The US and more importantly, Israel, are worried about losing Mubarak. Already in recent reports, Israeli officials have been voicing their concerns about losing one of their few allies in the middles east.
Forget the fact that their so-called ally is a dictator who's been in power for something like 30 years..... and forget the fact that Egyptians are fed up with this dictatorship and his corrupt government and want what many others in the world seem to take for granted.... their only concern is losing this dictator they call an ally.
Their whole argument stands on the assumption that if Mubarak is taken out of power, an islamic government will take his place..... and since it might be Islamic.... the big "booga booga" word of the decade, suddenly that means they'll want to destroy Israel too.
How much of an ally is that when they're your ally only when it best suits their interests to be an ally, regardless of the oppression and termoil your people have to go through?
Even if it became an islamic state, that is not an automatic conclusion that they'll suddenly become your enemy.
Cuba is communist, yet Canada trades and deals with them openly.... for quite a few years mind you..... and Cuba isn't trying to blow us up are they? It's wasn't too long ago when the word Communist was floated around much like "Islamic" is being floated around today..... as if anything related to Islam is ready to eat your babies while they sleep in their cribs and stomp your puppy dog with a twist of their heel.
Just because people believe or do things differently, that doesn't automatically mean they're the enemy or are always going to try and kill you. Some people would like you to believe that, but those some people have problems with things different from themselves and thus feel the need to attack or oppress those things that are different....... which in turn makes those on the other side view us as enemies out to do exactly what some of us fear they'll do to us.
It's a wonderful cycle really..... a cycle that allows ignorance, fear and violence to continue and spread.
And here's another thing.....
All these people revolting and rioting/protesting for Mubarak to step down seem to want elections and to be able to vote in their leaders much like our nations do today..... what sense would it make for them to push this guy out, just to push in another dictator or government that acts like a dictator-collective?
Most signs, depending on where you look for them, show favor towards the democratic process..... regardless if that democratic process brings in an islamic government or not, it's not for Canada, the US, Israel or anybody else to try and force it to change into something they prefer..... if they were democratically elected into office and are whom the majority of people want in to run their country, then that's democracy for you.
To suggest one or more nations jump into their country to force things to change to what they like simply because they voted for some party or person those countries don't like, is what's undemocratic and is no better then leaving Mubarak into power to continue to oppress and rule those people with an iron fist..... because once again, it's not the people's voices being heard, it's either a dictator's voice or another oppressive nation's voice being heard whom only have their best interests at play.
For Trotz to even suggest or support action such as a blockade or worse, simply based on what-if's, to me is very hypocritical.
Mubarak should step down.... democratic elections should take place, people should vote for who they want and be done with it...... move on from there.
Sure Israel might be concerned with losing an ally and might put their security at risk..... but last I checked, this had nothing to do with Israel.
Nations that claim to practice, believe and support democracy should not be supporting a dictator that their own people hate and want removed, especially when those people voice themselves as much as the Egyptians are doing now.
Support the people and their collective wishes, not dictators that do you favors from time to time..... otherwise, you're no better.
Oh, give it a fricking break. " the screams of millions of people getting bombed and starved" This brain-dead propaganda BS really grates on the nerves...........the Egyptians are at peace with Israel, because it is advantageous for them to be so....the USA being better allies than the USSR..........
just to pop in here, I believe he was refering to Gaza and the West Bank in regards to people being bombed and starved.....
......ignore the screams of millions of people getting bombed and starved next door ........
which to a degree, is true.
