1) It will 'come around' to toeing the line set by the U.S. and the EU
Or
2) It wi evolve, be replaced by, a fundamentalist theocracy, more or less '"liberalized." No democracy not approved of by the EU and/or the U.S. can endure.
Carrol
P.S. I suppose there is an abstract possibility of a popular revolution installing some sort of popular dictatorship (such as Cuba) , and from that position of independence negotiating a controlled return to world capitalism allowing a decent welfare state and _some_ individual social rights. Or the still more unlikely triggering of a rolling anti-capitalist revolution around the world. :-)
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Ferenc Molnar Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 5:01 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: [lbo-talk] [Pen-l] Israel's Facebook status
Chuck Grimes: "Washington maybe watching the endgame of its foreign policy and its economic policies in much of the region if Egypt transforms itself into a representative government."
FM: The American Empire's Suez Crisis? Maybe, but fifty percent of the goods shipped through the Suez Canal are from Asia bound for European markets.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dab112d2-2d61-11e0-8f53-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Cdq QjQzG
The Suez-Mediterranean Pipeline brings oil to Europe. As one oil analysis site puts it, Egypt is a "chokepoint" for a large part of the global economy.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/world_oil_transit_chokepoints/Suez.html
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