[lbo-talk] From the WSJ: Crackdown in Egypt Fans U.S. Fears

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Mon Jul 29 10:58:08 PDT 2013



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> On Jul 29, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Marv Gandall wrote:
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>> "On Sunday, the government granted soldiers the right to arrest
>> civilians, reviving sections of an emergency law under Mr. Mubarak.
>> A day earlier, Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said he planned
>> to reconstitute a secret police unit that was responsible for
>> decades of oppression under Mr. Mubarak...the U.S.'s goal of
>> promoting democracy in Egypt wouldn't be advanced by calling it a
>> coup because doing so would alienate the generals and other leaders
>> who the U.S. is now counting on to foster an inclusive democratic
>> process."
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> The Brothers did their worst but failed in their appointed task of
> containing the Egyptian working class. So now it's back to open
> fascist repression, aka "an inclusive democratic process."
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> Shane Mage
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> "Thunderbolt steers all things." Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64
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