The Mubarak forces are waging a propaganda campaign sewing distrust against any foreign or native journalists. You are correct to say that, once the cameras leave, there will be a bloodbath. The only reason America is backing Omar Suleiman is that he will be able to guarantee the destruction of all evidence linking himself, Mubarak, Bush and Cheney to war crimes and human rights atrocities. Neither Mubarak or Suleiman will go until the evidence has been purged.
Wait until the banking geniuses see inflation rise because of the higher oil prices and raise interest rates to cool it down. Iran just may push the world into a second recession and we all will be living at their standard.
"And, imagine what a war would do to gasoline prices and to the world economy. My deepest fear is that US support for Israeli militarism, and the terrorism that support inevitably engenders, will be what finally finishes off the civil liberties enshrined in the American Constitution."
That, in essence, is the Republican agenda. America cannot afford to keep a military presence overseas, and it cannot afford to wind down the military. What better place to put all those "defense" dollars than into controlling the American people in their homeland itself under the guise of fighting terrorism at home?
"This, despite the fact that the Muslim Americans are pillars of the US community–disproportionately well-educated and well integrated into the country, and even though a third of tips forestalling radical Muslim operations come from the community itself."
Take away the 'Muslim-ness' of these Americans and they still are the demographic Republicans fear most: the voter who can think for themselves.
The Mubarak forces are waging a propaganda campaign sewing distrust against any foreign or native journalists. You are correct to say that, once the cameras leave, there will be a bloodbath. The only reason America is backing Omar Suleiman is that he will be able to guarantee the destruction of all evidence linking himself, Mubarak, Bush and Cheney to war crimes and human rights atrocities. Neither Mubarak or Suleiman will go until the evidence has been purged.
Wait until the banking geniuses see inflation rise because of the higher oil prices and raise interest rates to cool it down. Iran just may push the world into a second recession and we all will be living at their standard.
"And, imagine what a war would do to gasoline prices and to the world economy. My deepest fear is that US support for Israeli militarism, and the terrorism that support inevitably engenders, will be what finally finishes off the civil liberties enshrined in the American Constitution."
That, in essence, is the Republican agenda. America cannot afford to keep a military presence overseas, and it cannot afford to wind down the military. What better place to put all those "defense" dollars than into controlling the American people in their homeland itself under the guise of fighting terrorism at home?
A map game for the kids; move the country name to match where it is in the Middle East:
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html
"This, despite the fact that the Muslim Americans are pillars of the US community–disproportionately well-educated and well integrated into the country, and even though a third of tips forestalling radical Muslim operations come from the community itself."
Take away the 'Muslim-ness' of these Americans and they still are the demographic Republicans fear most: the voter who can think for themselves.