This brilliant young Canadian scholar continues his examination of the all-important struggle in Egypt between the interests of the people (the vast majority) and the Empire's puppets. As he stated in the first segment as an introduction, it is extremely important that we understand recent events in Egypt because:
...any and every empire that has sought to exert control over the Middle East, Asia or Africa, control over Egypt has been a pre-requisite. Its strategic location has only become more important with each subsequent empire.Not only that. It is important to study these developments because it will give us insights on how the current US Empire's directors think and act to preserve ruling class interests. Once again in this piece we have another outstanding example of the author's application of the very best methods of social science: solid documentation, excellent analysis of the evidence, and in addition, translations of "Newspeak" that Empire directors use to rationalize their policies. The series as a whole provides a goldmine of information, and this segment might be the mother-lode of the goldmine by revealing the strategies of these directors and what operational policies follow from such strategies.
When powerful Western states seek to influence or manage 'transitions to democracy,' they generally support whatever elite most closely resembles themselves, usually a variation of liberal democratic state-capitalist groups. But whatever dominant institutions pre-exist in that society have to be integrated with the new 'method' of governance (political parties, elections, etc.), though the pre-existing oligarchy generally remains in charge. Transitions to 'democracy' are promoted by the American Empire as if the United States had some sort of 'God complex,' seeking to remake the world in its own image... or delusion, rather.By reading this we learn that although US Empire directors were surprised by the massive demonstrations occurring in Egypt in early 2011, they were fully aware of the tensions that were building up under their puppet dictator Mubarak and were making earnest attempts to head off anything resembling a true revolution.
