Saturday, February 12, 2011

Mubarak resignation staggers Obama administration

by Alex Lantier from World Socialist Web Site.
Obama administration officials reacted to yesterday’s ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with hypocritical declarations of solidarity with the democratic aspirations of the Egyptian masses. Their comments barely disguised, however, the alarm they felt at the downfall of a dictator the US government has backed for 31 years.