U.S. Chamber Of Commerce’s Egyptian Affiliate Went To Bat For The Egyptian Dictatorship

[katty]

more: http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/27/us-chamber-egyptian-dictatorship/

How The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce’s Egyptian Affiliate Went To Bat For The Egyptian Dictatorship
As Egyptian protests continue to rage and thousands of people in that country continue to demand democratic reforms, many commentators are rightly calling upon the international community to show solidarity with the demonstrators and join them in battling the Mubarak regime.

However, there is at least one powerful, multinational entity that has continually stood by Mubarak and the Egyptian elite and has continually fought efforts to democratize the country. As ThinkProgress previously reported, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce maintains a network of foreign affiliates known as Amchams, “which are foreign chambers of the Chamber composed of American and foreign companies.” In Egypt, this foreign affiliate is known as the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, known in short as AmCham Egypt.

[DCKit]

1. Proving, beyond a doubt that Mubarek is a fine, upstanding, democratically minded despot.

"He's our kind of guy", snarled Dick Cheney.

[Demeter]

2. To thine own self be true

And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Whatever.