Had It in Holland Park

“Well, of course. Thanks to the degradatio­n of our world image over the last 10 years and the solid lock that the Israel lobby has on the US electoral system, Israel knows it can b*tch-slap the US whenever it feels like it.”Mubarak Must Go

Yes, one thing we know is that the thugs who attacked must be plain-clot­hes secret police or outside agitators. They could not possible be ordinary Eqyptians who support the government and resent their streets being taken over. 
     Western pundits like Mr Diamond have assured us that, since the elections were unfair and unfree, that only about 1/2 percent of Egyptians support the government and want their streets and their normal daily lives back.”

“Well, if we do, we should be sure to send less than 50% of the troop strength that any sensible military person says is needed, disband the local army, decimate the local police, try to elect some expatriate political hacks to run things and ignore advice from anyone who knows the culture. 
After all, this worked so well for us in Iraq.”

Well we actively opposed the brutal repressive rulers in Iran and North Korea. 
Didn't help the people there much.
You overestima­te the effect that America has on the world.

And we ALL know that is is much better to please people than to do the right thing, no?

“The moon was put there by god, so that when evolution finally produced Bill O'Reilly, we would know what he looked like.”

“Will they be competing with the Jyllands Posten?”

“Oh, Tony! Speaking against the mob again. When will you learn that telling the truth gets you in more trouble than does keeping your mouth shut or siding with the media darlings.”

“Okay, time to go around the brutal regime in Iran and speak directly to the young people? 
That didn't work too well the last time we tried it, either.”

“"Fear has kept the West, and the U.S. especially­, on the side of brutal reactionar­y rule"
     In some countries this is true, in other countries the west (and the especially the US) has opposed brutal reactionar­y rule (Iran, N. Korea).  Neither strategy seems to be very effective. 
Those who say the US should choose sides are arguing in favour of a policy of regime change. That didn't work so well in Iraq

“"WikiLeaks­: U.S. Concerned For Years Over Power Succession In Egypt After Mubarak"
    Doh! I guess that means wikleaks have been reading the newspapers for the last ten years or so. If this is news to wikileaks they are a lot less intelligen­t than I thought they were.”

“Oh no! Quick, let's ban the internet.”