Re: Why Egypt’s popular rebellion is the gr eatest historical event in a decade, and how Barack Ob ama missed the boat.

Le 28 janv. 11 à 11:46, Kragen Javier Sitaker a écrit :
> (This is on the web, with the images, at
> <http://canonical.org/~kragen/egypt-massacre-sotu.html>.)


For a little background on why US response might be, shall we say,  
equivocal, it might be worthwhile to recall the Suez Crisis.

In the aftermath of this crisis (which left the brits broke enough  
that James Bond was reduced to slumming in Deauville, and which left  
the French developing their nuke grid), the US was left in the  
position of being both:
(a) the major military power in the middle east, and
(b) the major dependent on (addict to?) middle eastern oil.

For those of you who do not immediately see the logistical vicious  
cycle between (a) and (b), cf Сталинград and the outcome of  
WWII.

-Dave

Riding the tiger may be impressive; managing to climb down peacefully  
afterwards would certainly be much more so.

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