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**dmoiknlasd** · 02-06-2011, 11:01 PM

Another troubling aspect of this is what is implied when people like Dick Cheney, Tony Blair, etc.. come out and say that Mubarak shouldn't leave because of the "chaos" that will ensue.

It really makes you wonder how much they respect our own right to self determination.. Which (I trust) isn't in any doubt whatsoever in the minds of most Americans.

But may be in great doubt in the minds of political elites.

Maybe this explains why Americans, despite having a democratic form of government, seldom seem to get what they want? The elites deem it "too extreme" and dismiss it in the simplest of ways.

Perhaps what we're seeing in Egypt is an image of what would happen if Americans demanded accountability at home?

02-06-2011, 11:01 PM	#7
dmoiknlasd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 516 Senior Member	Another troubling aspect of this is what is implied when people like Dick Cheney, Tony Blair, etc.. come out and say that Mubarak shouldn't leave because of the "chaos" that will ensue. It really makes you wonder how much they respect our own right to self determination.. Which (I trust) isn't in any doubt whatsoever in the minds of most Americans. But may be in great doubt in the minds of political elites. Maybe this explains why Americans, despite having a democratic form of government, seldom seem to get what they want? The elites deem it "too extreme" and dismiss it in the simplest of ways. Perhaps what we're seeing in Egypt is an image of what would happen if Americans demanded accountability at home?
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