Post date: Jul 07, 2013 1:53:14 AM
There has been upheaval in Egypt again in recent days.
Surely there are some good impulses involved in the massive street protests.
But has anything really changed beneath the surface.
The military - controlled by the fascist Americans - seems to be managing events.
This in accordance with writer Stephen Lendman's analysis. (This is a lesson in how the fascist American empire or the "American fourth reich" operates its global inferno:)
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Business As Usual in Egypt
Stephen Lendman
Activist Post
Days of street protests created illusory change. Everything changed but stayed the same. The pattern's familiar. Ousting Morsi assures same old, same old.
Washington prioritizes Middle East control. It wants it unchallenged. It's the oil, stupid. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and other regional states have nearly two-thirds of proved world oil reserves. They have huge gas deposits.
Egypt's the largest Arab country. It's geopolitically important. It supports America's imperium. US officials prioritize continuity. Michel Chossudovsky asked: "Was Washington Behind Egypt's Coup d'Etat?"
What's known suggests it. Morsi was America's man in Cairo. Mass public outrage opposed him. Promises made were broken. People's needs go unaddressed.
Western monied interests are served. Same old, same old persists. What Washington says goes. People have no say. Democracy's more illusion than reality. Hardline rule excludes it.
Morsi became damaged goods. He fell from grace. He's gone. Meaningful change won't follow. Ousting him wasn't "against US interests," said Chossudovsky. "(I)t was instigated to ensure 'continuity' on behalf of Washington."
Throughout the so-called Arab spring, Obama sought "to undermine secular governments in the Middle East and North Africa and install a model 'Islamic State,' which would serve US geopolitical and corporate interests."
Continuity pertaining to neoliberal economic reform is central to US sponsored regime change.
Morsi's empowerment "was conditional upon his acceptance of IMF 'economic medicine.' " It serves Western interests. It's financial terrorism. It reflects debt entrapment. It serves monied interests.
Structural adjustment harshness is mandated. Morsi's marching orders included privatizing state enterprises, doing so on the cheap, mass layoffs, deregulation, ignoring public needs, wage freezes or cuts, unrestricted access for Western corporations, marginalizing trade unionism, and cracking down hard on nonbelievers.
Impoverished Egyptians rebelled. Replacing Mubarak with Morsi didn't help. Conditions are worse than ever. People demand better. They demand change. Ousting Morsi won't help.
Media reports are wrongheaded. Egypt's military maintains longstanding ties to the Pentagon. It's role "is not to protect a grassroots movement," said Chossudovsky.
It's to "manipulate the uprising and quell dissent on behalf of Washington." It's to ensure regime change "does not result in a political transition which undermines US control over the Egyptian State and military."
Annual US aid isn't charity. It buys influence. It helps secure control. Egypt's capital isn't Cairo. It's Washington.
US officials decide Egyptian policy. Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) commanders "take their orders from the Pentagon."
The complete article can be read here.