U.S. Seeking a New Mubarak in the Heart of Tahrir Square
Published in Al Quds
(Palestine) on 26 July 2011
by Omad Abu Zaid (link to original)
(Palestine) on 26 July 2011
by Omad Abu Zaid (link to original)
Translated from
by Christopher Neil.
Edited by Andrew Schmidt.
I was struck for a long while by comments from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the new American ambassador in Cairo when they said that they had spent over $40 million to support democracy in post-revolution Egypt. Rumors had spread in the corridors of power and suspicions scattered amongst revolutionary forces that the United States had set aside some $105 million all in the name of supporting democracy in Egypt. $40 million has already been spent on political parties and civil organizations, coalitions and new parties in Tahrir Square with the aim of derailing the revolution by promoting certain parties over others, elevating some factions above their rivals to fragment them and stirring rivalries between the revolution and the institutions that have benefited from American funding. These institutions are known and will be revealed in the coming days, according to private sources.
The comments from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and new ambassador Anne Patterson came with no explanation as to the sums involved, and were made only to create the sort of climate described above, leaving people salivating at the lap of America that deserted the Mubarak regime as it fell and now want to create a new regime loyal to America and global Zionism. This can only happen by promoting groups and figures close in ideology to America. The ambassador’s announcement that she had received more than 600 requests for funding from various groups in Egypt since the January revolution is astonishing, particularly as they remain anonymous and include groups that describe themselves as revolutionary and are stationed in the heart of Tahrir Square. We might well say that the U.S. is meddling indirectly in Egyptian affairs and is primarily interested in prolonging the transitional phase, delaying presidential and parliamentary elections as much as possible so it can form a new Mubarak-style regime because the U.S. knows the next elections will usher in new powers that are not linked to it and do not support it.
Rumors in Tahrir right now implicate some of those who are buying meals for people taking part in the sit-ins. They are seeking to disrupt political life to achieve America’s goals and to prepare the way for a loyal regime just like the Iraqi one.
The comments from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and new ambassador Anne Patterson came with no explanation as to the sums involved, and were made only to create the sort of climate described above, leaving people salivating at the lap of America that deserted the Mubarak regime as it fell and now want to create a new regime loyal to America and global Zionism. This can only happen by promoting groups and figures close in ideology to America. The ambassador’s announcement that she had received more than 600 requests for funding from various groups in Egypt since the January revolution is astonishing, particularly as they remain anonymous and include groups that describe themselves as revolutionary and are stationed in the heart of Tahrir Square. We might well say that the U.S. is meddling indirectly in Egyptian affairs and is primarily interested in prolonging the transitional phase, delaying presidential and parliamentary elections as much as possible so it can form a new Mubarak-style regime because the U.S. knows the next elections will usher in new powers that are not linked to it and do not support it.
Rumors in Tahrir right now implicate some of those who are buying meals for people taking part in the sit-ins. They are seeking to disrupt political life to achieve America’s goals and to prepare the way for a loyal regime just like the Iraqi one.