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In reply to the discussion: A Torrent of Disinformation : The NeoCon Propaganda Machine Pushing “Regime Change” in Syria [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Egyptians and Tunisians made it very clear they wanted no help from the US. They don't trust us, and why should they? The US fully supported their dictators for decades making it impossible for them to take matters into their own hands. When they had had enough, our dictator friends used weapons against them, funded by us, to kill hundreds of them.
Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan everywhere there is a dictator, the US supported him in these countries helping to create the situations those people are now trying to change.
It's way past time for the US to take care of its own business and stop supporting dictators else where, such as Bahrain eg. If any country needs the US to stop funding its dictator, it is Bahrain where that government, US ally, is mowing its people down in the streets also.
We seem to be very selective about who we think needs our help. Just stop supporting dictators would be a start. We've caused untold harm to untold millions of people because of those policies of supporting the most brutal regimes, then turing around decades later, and claiming we now want to help.