Egypt has been primed for years

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I see the popular uprising a number of years ago in Iran worked out well. Times change. Perhaps now things will get better for those unfortunate people.

You do realize, Pete, that their uprising was against a puppet installed by our own CIA (along with the British) over their democratically elected Prime Minister - and it was all about oil. In an indirect (or maybe even direct) way, we're responsible for the Ayatollahs in power in Iran.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Oh and, our installation and support of those wonderful dictators was a public enterprise

Pete

Exxon, Chevron, BP, Royal Dutch Shell are public? Who knew.

[piece-itpete]

Three words - C I A



Pete

[d-ray657]

I heard an interesting story about the welfare state that the United States has become. We would annually provide about $1.2 billion in aid to Egypt. In turn, Egypt would purchase around $1.2 billion in weapons from US manufacturers. Nice little welfare benefit for the military industrial complex is it not?

See http://seekingalpha.com/article/2534...ma-arms-bazaar

and http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/14/news...azines_fortune

and http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Sec...7071297794481/

Regards,

D-Ray

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Three words - C I A



Pete

At the behest of who, might I ask?

Dave

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

At the behest of who, might I ask?

Dave

The military/industrial complex?

[piece-itpete]

It doesn't make a difference. Unless you've called and asked for favors yourself

Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by merrylander

The military/industrial complex?

You might be on to something, there, Rob.

Dave

[piece-itpete]

Everyone needs oil.

Pete