I see some foreign policy hypocrisy coming from the Administration in regards to uprisings and protests in the Middle East, not that hypocrisy in US foreign policy is anything new.
Iran, very brutal, stones, hangs and cains to death people it doesn't like, (gays, adulterous women, rape victims.)
Its people rise up in protest over their elections, Obama says, its an internal matter, we need to stay out.
Egypt, less brutal, doesn't routinely slaughter its citizens, Obama says, Mubarak has got to go.
Libya, drops bombs on protesters from fighter jets... Obama says nothing.
If this pattern continues, it would seem the worse human rights abuser you are, the more the Administration will leave you alone.
There is a reason every news organization in the world was in Tariq square in Egypt, but close to zero western media outlets in Libya. As bad as Mubarak was, he was no Gadaffi. But watching the news you would think Mubarak was eating babies, but level of outcry over Gadaffi is certainly much lower, and he's dropping bombs on protesters. Where is Anderson Cooper? He won't go to Libya, cause there is a very real chance he will get blown up, not just shoved around, so you don't hear a whole lot. NBC during the Egypt protests had numours people there, and had a "Middle East in Crisis" special edition (and graphics and sound effects) every night on the nightly news.
Iran, very brutal, stones, hangs and cains to death people it doesn't like, (gays, adulterous women, rape victims.)
Its people rise up in protest over their elections, Obama says, its an internal matter, we need to stay out.
Egypt, less brutal, doesn't routinely slaughter its citizens, Obama says, Mubarak has got to go.
Libya, drops bombs on protesters from fighter jets... Obama says nothing.
If this pattern continues, it would seem the worse human rights abuser you are, the more the Administration will leave you alone.
There is a reason every news organization in the world was in Tariq square in Egypt, but close to zero western media outlets in Libya. As bad as Mubarak was, he was no Gadaffi. But watching the news you would think Mubarak was eating babies, but level of outcry over Gadaffi is certainly much lower, and he's dropping bombs on protesters. Where is Anderson Cooper? He won't go to Libya, cause there is a very real chance he will get blown up, not just shoved around, so you don't hear a whole lot. NBC during the Egypt protests had numours people there, and had a "Middle East in Crisis" special edition (and graphics and sound effects) every night on the nightly news.
