In a speech which also included insistences that he is still concerned about the struggling US economy, President Barack Obama declared total support for pro-democracy rallies across the Middle East and North Africa.
Obama shrugged off concerns about the spiraling budget deficit, insisting that the US has “an obligation” to support democracy worldwide, and that the US must always “leave room” in the budget for such expenditures.
The US has been secretly funneling money to a number of opposition movements in the region, but traditionally only those opposed to dictators who are at odds with US policy in the region. When protests have erupted in pro-US dictatorships, the administration has been, and is likely to remain silent.
Likewise, the commitment to “support” democracy has already been used by the administration as a pretext for one illegal war in Libya, and French officials have suggested Libya might set a precedent for comparable NATO invasions throughout the region. Though President Obama seemed confident he would find the money to pay for what is at its core an increasingly interventionist policy, the official tendency to dramatically underestimate the cost of such advertures is likely to leave open the question of exactly how the US is supposed to afford all these illusory “obligations.”
Execept it seems in Suadi Arabia, rated by freedom house as a 7 for political rights and civil liberties. The lowest rating in the world.
Q: How is the USG going to afford its costly interventionist foriegn policy?
A: QE3, QE4, QE5………………………..QE10268……………>>>>>>>>>>
Question for Fearless Leader Obama: Considering your policy of "continuing or creating" wars and looting the economy to finance them, do you plan to return your Nobel Peace Prize?
What democracy…, the falsified one that are practiced by US and EU governments as France, Italy and England for now…,or the one that you personally say is democracy but yet to be proven.., here due to US and NATO creations of wars that world is facing we could go on and discuss the problem with democracy which your politics and NATO is presenting but one thing is for sure.., the first principals in democracy is not based on lies and lies again.., the first principals in democracy in not based on supporting Muslims Brotherhood and its affiliated terrorist group to create wars, the first principals in democracy is not based on supporting a apartheid regime as Israel is.., the first principals in democracy is to treat everyone as they were part of a true and functioning democracy.., the first principals in democracy is not based on being and guiding your politics on biased notions supporting tyrants kingdome families. If democracy includes everyone then Palestinians people needs to be part of that principals. If the principals in democracy is based on the notion that “god created everyone equal” then you should be following that trend and helping the Palestinians to have a Palestinians statehood as they had before. Therefore there is a trance in democracy and then there is a functioning democracy based on its principals.., unless you and some of your senators just calling “yourself democrats” without realizing the fact that there are other people and human beings in this world then just you. Having said that.., democracy starts at home and is needs to be implemented now not later nor later then later.., by then many more people would be homeless at home.
As always, there is a yawning gap between rhetoric and reality. It would be best to simply ignore anything a politician says, instead look at their record of actions. Look at what they've actually been doing rather than listening to their siren song.
'Democracy'? – the Palestinians free to vote for Hamas? – oops – NOT that kind of democracy. The people of Egypt free to vote for Sharia Law and a strict Islamic controlled country? – oops – NOT that kind of democracy. The American p[eole to be free of the Patriot Act and the growing American dictatorship? – oops – NOT that kind of democracy.
Here's a thought: If it's that important to give economic support to struggling democracies, let's give the money we otherwise give to Israel to them instead.
The first step for Obama to take in order to rectity the US image world wide, is to curb selling arms to countries that are likely to use them against their own citizens.Western powers while hailing revolutions in the Arab world,is more keen to furnish these regimes with all kinds of weaponary, not to defend their sovereign boundries but rather their own throwns.I would propose therefore,a global observatory council with powers to examine the real need of militery sales.Its with such measures that opressed can have their rights to express their opposition when need arises.
"Obama shrugged off concerns about the spiraling budget deficit, insisting that the US has “an obligation” to support democracy worldwide"
No it doesn't. Especially if you are going to bomb a reticent country to smithereens to do it. Do you think these people want democracy if some foreigners kill them to bring it?
If Democracy = code for opening up new markets to capitalism, then that makes sense.
Why is it we get less freedom and it costs us all our money while Obama keeps telling us we need to defend it while he and Cheney get richer?
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