As the ouster of long-time US favorite Hosni Mubarak gave way to an interim military junta in Egypt, efforts by that junta to ensure that it retains power over any civilian government which might emerge are growing increasingly violent. Unsurprisingly, that violence too is made in America, as Obama Administration officials continue to pump weapons and other “riot control” devices to that junta, to be used once again against the pro-democracy protests.
Rhetoric notwithstanding, the Imperium has no use for democracy. Not abroad, not here at home. Behind the curtain — Hell! in front of the curtain — is a thoroughly successful tyranny of the wealthy, supported by a para-military mob of thugs (cops), the weak-minded, the haters, and the easily manipulated.
Welcome to reality.