LOL...
Once again, you insist on implying that the Egyptians are unified by the army.
That's right. The army is the most powerful, organized, and popular group in the country.
Do you know why they are cheering the tanks that roll throught the streets and protests??? I dont think so. They cheer them because they know that they were put there at the request of security forces that are controlled by Mubarak's cronies. They cheer them because they know that the men driving those tanks are not going to hurt them, because the men in the tanks are just like them. If those tank drivers didn't do as instructed they would be punished.
Ever think about why they aren't attacking the people? It's because the army knows how popular they are and can use that as leverage to gain even more power.
Ofcourse the people are cheering "at" the tanks. !!!!!!BUT ITS NOT THE US MADE MIGHTY M1 THEY ARE CHEERING!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
But the people in the tanks know what they are driving. They won't want to give those up and they have the internal power to insure that whoever the next leader of Egypt is that they keep playing ball with the US in order to keep up their supply of US military tech.
And as for replacing "egyptians" with "americans" in the sentance of mine you quoted. I cant, the sentence becomes false, the vocal (i know not all of americans are, but the loud ones for sure) majority of the US is a "hive mind". Influenced by corporate-pocket-politicians and dillusional-mainstream-media-personalities.
I guess you know as little about the US as you do Egypt. Just because we have a loud minority who gets a lot of press coverage doesn't mean the majority shares their views.
The fact you are so convinced they are in awe of the military, suggests you are either ex-army yourself, or in awe of your own "stick".
lol. Waaaaay off. I'm pretty far from a soldier. I'd NEVER join any branch of the military and I think the amount of money we spend on the military is a huge waste of money.
But unlike you just because I don't agree with something does not mean I'm incapable of understanding it.
And as for being ordinary, on the world-stage US families are something different - why you ask - because the people you vote for affects world stability, world economy, world peace etc. etc. So no you aren't quite ordinary like the rest of us insignificant little countries, what you decide at home affects how many grains of rice are eaten in sudan. Cause & effect.
And you think the US is the only country in the world who craves power? lol
You speak for your country as though it is guilty of no crime, yet you aknowledge crimes commited. Decide your point of veiw before you debate on behalf of it.
lol. I do no such thing. Again, there is a difference between understanding the viewpoints of others and agreeing with them. Don't get it twisted.
If you would prefer domestic spending was directed at education and healthcare, then why doesn't it happen????.
Because the military industrial complex is highly profitable for the American elite and they corrupt both parties. Combined that with an oppressed working class that has adopted the values of their oppressors in some strange national version of stockholm syndrome and they have enough support to continue to do what they do.
And seriously man, fuck, are you telling me the trillion + dollars wasted on this war, were of no consequence to your economies situation at present. How many jobs might not have been lost had you not gone to war.
The war caused long term economic problems more than short term ones. That problem is in the form of debt. Wars create jobs at the expense of long term debt, they don't have an immediate short term negative effects on jobs.
So while I completely disagree with the wars and think they were unnecessarily, potentially illegal, and completely immoral, your claims are completely false.
