Where do we stand with Egypt??

**MajikMyst** · 1st February 2011 03:01 AM

Rachel Maddow Show

Please watch the video before you post here.. I think it lays out the situation quite nicely..

So what of it?? Where do we stand or where should we stand??

**MilesChristi** · 1st February 2011 04:40 AM

We don't want an Islamist regime. All other talk is deception.

**MajikMyst** · 1st February 2011 04:55 AM

Originally Posted by MilesChristi

We don't want an Islamist regime. All other talk is deception.

I am not really sure that answers the question.. Do we support the people or do we back the current government??

**Dark Lion** · 1st February 2011 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by MajikMyst

I am not really sure that answers the question.. Do we support the people or do we back the current government??

Neither, we have enough problems of our own.

However, if I was forced to choose I'd side with the people. I always side with people over government, because if becomes a people vs. government situation it's not a choice at all IMO

**Devil505** · 1st February 2011 05:33 AM

I know Fox News has been spreading fear that Muslim extremists are behind the insurrection, in line with their usual "Be Afraid...Be very afraid" motif when it comes to anything but the real thing we should fear.....health problems.
I think we have to play it down the middle like President Obama is doing....& appeal for non-violence from both sides.

**Dangermouse** · 1st February 2011 05:58 AM

People power is sweeping the region. Supporting dictators in the name of stability hasn't worked for the last 60 years, time for a change.

**Bluegrass** · 1st February 2011 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by MajikMyst

I am not really sure that answers the question.. Do we support the people or do we back the current government??

When you say "we", do you mean the people of the US?

Because the US government has backed the current Egyptian government all along. Some mild gestures from Obama about not "taking sides" is irrelevant when when we look at what the US really supports.

**Bluegrass** · 1st February 2011 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by Devil505

I know Fox News has been spreading fear that Muslim extremists are behind the insurrection, in line with their usual "Be Afraid...Be very afraid" motif when it comes to anything but the real thing we should fear.....health problems.
I think we have to play it down the middle like President Obama is doing....& appeal for non-violence from both sides.

We can appeal for non-violence for both sides, but the reality is that the US government has supplied Egypt with $1.3 billion in military aid in 2009. (1)

(1) Cable Viewer

**Devil505** · 1st February 2011 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Bluegrass

We can appeal for non-violence for both sides, but the reality is that the US government has supplied Egypt with $1.3 billion in military aid in 2009. (1)

(1) Cable Viewer

I think a lot of it goes back to us backing every anti-communist dictator in the world during the Cold War, but now we have no excuse to support anyone who isn't for democracy & freedom.

**Bluegrass** · 1st February 2011 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by Devil505

I think a lot of it goes back to us backing every anti-communist dictator in the world during the Cold War, but now we have no excuse to support anyone who isn't for democracy & freedom.

I can agree with this, because it would be beneficial for the world community to actually support democracy. That isn't happening. Mubarak's grip on the presidency coupled with the US's vast sum of military aid to Egypt has maintained the status quo. Not coincidentally, Israel is the other top recipient of military aid. It's US-fed power in the region through military means.