Seems the Egyptian people's revolt is now wavering between harmless color revolution and satanic darkness, as the uppity people keep raising objections and demands that the military brass -- and, one has to assume, Washington -- don't buy into.
The armed guardians of the revolution have a fairly simple message: "Listen you assholes: political evolution and social progress have strict limits." Answer, by at least a serious fraction of the people: "Fuck you..we say hang the brass-hats."
The rebellion has life in its legs, yet comrades. Praise the sharpness of real contradictions, eh?
However, on the far side of the land of power pyramid schemes, and camels tall and jerky, lie the sands where Col Q remains standing. What can we say about the humanitarian war aims of empire after the recent and unapologetic nailing of a small column of rebel armor by the sky knights from NATO? Does this mean we have before us what amounts to a formally even-handed "no tanks zone" policy laid down here by the powers of the sivilized church universal?
Yikes. What will they come up with next to torture the people of that small nation?
Comments (10)
Toyotas are next.
Posted by sk | April 10, 2011 12:57 AM
Posted on April 10, 2011 00:57
having talked to an egyptian on some other disreputable fora, id have to say that i am very hopeful and optimistic. he was passionate and voiced clear demands regarding removal of the .mil from power, establishment of democratic institutions, and lamppost repurposement. sure it wasn't anything new, but words from a person with pictures from his camera phone just feels more real then something said by a reporter with a mic. stirs the heart it does.
as to libya, it wouldn't do(from the empires point of view) to have their chosen win to easily. a lackey hanging on by tooth nail and your dollars is more reliable then a lackey who can tell you to pound sand and keep his seat.
or maybe the whole exercise is supposed to fail and the point is just to rattle Q's cage.
or maybe a partition is indeed in tho works, as was postulated here some dozen or so discussions ago.
or maybe im overthinking this and its just that the .mil or .gov types ultimately in charge of the operation just have trouble finding their ass with their hands and this is what their earnest best attempt at humanitarianism looks like. sucked in by their own illusions and sprinkling bombs here and there. killing everyone to keep them from killing anyone.
or or or. im puzzled but not surprised. dont gotta know what someones up to to know they're up to something.
Posted by LeonTrollski | April 10, 2011 1:16 AM
Posted on April 10, 2011 01:16
"dont gotta know what someones up to to know they're up to something."
the gospel truth
Posted by op | April 10, 2011 1:45 AM
Posted on April 10, 2011 01:45
sk u prolly know this
but col Q's crack invading and occupying legions were whipped tanks jets and all
by guys riding toyotas
in chad back in the 80's
Posted by op | April 10, 2011 1:47 AM
Posted on April 10, 2011 01:47
Yes, curious how Toyota pickups have been branded with rebels and GM trucks with the forces of reaction. Warlord-in-Chief prefers to ride a tricked out Class IV pickup himself.
Posted by sk | April 10, 2011 10:50 AM
Posted on April 10, 2011 10:50
The US/Saudi/NATO block has all sorts of ways of managing the Middle East, from straight repression a la Bahrain to nascent or dying civil wars and partition, a la Libya (and Iraq in the early stages.) Against this, the Arab uprising has momentum we can't really evaluate from here. It's pushing against significant governments like Syria, Jordan and now Egypt again, with our little daughter Israel right in the middle, and neighborhood bad boy Iran looking on. We can be sure that the capitalist powers will push back against rebellions here with utmost force. A new and uglier stability may be the end result.
Posted by senecal | April 10, 2011 12:14 PM
Posted on April 10, 2011 12:14
"A new and uglier stability may be the end result."
a note written by just another
scribbling idiot at counter punch
is the message from Clio ????
"The counter-revolution crushed the revolts of 1848, but it could not break its spirit nor its dynamic. The culture of feudalism perished in its aftermath, broken by the rise of new social identities.....The counter-revolution was fierce. "The bourgeoisie, fully conscious of what it is doing, conducts a war of extermination against them," Marx pointed out. Nonetheless, 1848 opened up a new social horizon, against bondage and subservience, and a mid-point of struggle between the promise of an earlier revolution (1789) and the possibility of a later one (the Paris Commune of 1871). Europe could not return to its age of the lash and powdered wigs. That time was gone "
http://www.counterpunch.org/prashad04082011.html
Posted by op | April 10, 2011 2:56 PM
Posted on April 10, 2011 14:56
"What will they come up with next to torture the people of that small nation?"
"the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually"
You'd have to be evil to imagine what they'll come up with next OP. I don't think you have it in you.
Posted by Drunk Pundit | April 11, 2011 10:34 PM
Posted on April 11, 2011 22:34
"What will they come up with next to torture the people of that small nation?"
"the wickedness of man is great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart is only evil continually"
You'd have to be evil to imagine what they'll come up with next OP, I don't think you have it in you.
... remembering to type in Hillary this time.
Posted by Drunk Pundit | April 11, 2011 10:36 PM
Posted on April 11, 2011 22:36
Next is an Egyptian Louie Andersen -
Hey, I started out on clean up just like you guys, but now I'm washing lettuce, pretty soon I'll be on fries, two or three years I'll make assistant manager, and thats when the big bucks start rolling in!
Posted by Son of Uncle Sam | April 12, 2011 5:49 PM
Posted on April 12, 2011 17:49