tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186608697830229050.post6540209396632211745..comments2024-03-03T17:33:24.616+00:00Comments on annarky's blog.: FOR SALE- - - UK, COMES WITH CHEAP LABOUR.ann arkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06922062627756737185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186608697830229050.post-91806543868749450352011-01-29T20:26:01.035+00:002011-01-29T20:26:01.035+00:00The following is a quote from http://stopwar.org.u...The following is a quote from http://stopwar.org.uk and I am in agreement with the line it takes. Israel is the US policemen in the Middle East, Egypt is their errand boy and go-between to the rest of the Arab states. If Egypt breaks free from the US influence, Israel's position becomes more difficult and once again the US has back a loser. You can't bankroll dictators and expect the people to tolerate it forever.<br /> <br /> "Egypt has been a cornerstone of the US "war on terror" and America's strategy for dominating the Middle East. Not for nothing is Egypt second only to Israel in the amount of US aid it receives, including $1.3 billion a year for the security forces alone--the same forces who have killed dozens of protesters in the last few days and injured hundreds more.<br /> President Mubarak has made Egypt a US client state for decades. If his tyranny is overthrown the implications are momentous. As one commentator noted, "Every Egyptian knows today that the United States government is not a friend of Egypt, it is a friend and ally of the Mubarak regime — a regime that does not represent the Egyptian people. Democracy is<br />not the United State's gift to the world and it will not be acquired under American tutelage. Real democrats don't bankroll dictatorships." (SEE:<br />http://bit.ly/ghsnxI)ann arkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06922062627756737185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186608697830229050.post-7612256375224488482011-01-29T20:22:53.952+00:002011-01-29T20:22:53.952+00:00I have to say I nearly died when I first read of t...I have to say I nearly died when I first read of this plan - it's so fucking ludicrous only a politician could think of the idea!<br /><br />I have no problem with the government stopping controlling vast tracts of land; it's the ridiculous notion that communities should bid to buy what is theirs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186608697830229050.post-77082704908734334492011-01-29T02:45:17.836+00:002011-01-29T02:45:17.836+00:00I just wondered what your thoughts were on what...I just wondered what your thoughts were on what's going on in Egypt. What do you think the repercussions of the revolt will be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com