"America must die. Obama is the way."
Posted on 09/14/2012 3:36:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The images of the American embassy burning in Benghazi might have conjured up memories of Tehran in 1979 but the analogy is false.
In Libya, the government is not fomenting Anti-Americanism, it is fighting it, openly declaring America an ally and friend. The country is pro-American by a 2-to-1 margin, and the violence there appears to have been the work of small, extremist elements that lack much popular support. But the storm has spread from Libya.
Across the Middle East, there have been protests railing against the United States and the West in general. Even in these places, however, keep in mind that these crowds number in the hundreds - perhaps thousands - in countries with tens of millions of people. They make for vivid images, but they do not tell the whole story.
What can we say about these places and protests? First, in many of these countries - particularly those that have toppled dictatorships - the most important reality is not of bad government but of weak government.
In Libya, Yemen and even Egypt, the state has lost its ability to control its public. In a sense this might be progress. Egypt didn't see protests like this before because Hosni Mubarak's regime would arrest or even shoot protesters. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy is an elected politician, and he is trying to pander, appease, direct and guide people. I wish he were bolder and fought the extremist elements in his society head-on. But let's face it, he's behaving like an elected politician.
Second, what we are witnessing is indeed the consequence of the Arab Spring. Arab societies were locked down for 50 years. The lid has come off them and we're seeing what's inside...
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"America must die. Obama is the way."
F that guy what we are seeing is the MBH following marching orders from axelrod to stir shit up for a sept oct surprise
Did you write this, Fareed?
Yes. Yes we are.
“The images of the American embassy burning in Benghazi might have conjured up memories of Tehran in 1979 but the analogy is false.”
Well...why don’t you get back to me when the images are different because I don’t give a sh!t if some a$$hat at CNN thinks the underline reasons have changed.
All I know is the images have looked exactly the same for my entire 43 years.
They need to start getting this right. It was NOT the EMBASSY. The EMBASSY is in Tripoli. It was a Consulate in a filthy city miles away from any protection. Stevens was lured there.
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
Partisan Media Shills.
That POS appears as a talking head because of the P’sOS who produce the “news”.
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