EGYPT: Opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei accuses U.S. of dropping the ball

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From the LaTimes:

Egyptian dissident Mohamed ElBaradei called the U.S. position on the Egyptian crisis a disappointment and condemned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's early Satruday morning speech as "almost an insult to the intelligence of the Egyptian people."

ElBaradei also said in an http://www.france24.com/en/20110129-france24-interview-elbaradei-says-mubarak-must-go-egypt">interview with the English-language segment of France 24 that he would continue to speak out against Mubarak's regime, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-egypt-el-baradei-20110129,0,5985701.story">whether he was under house arrest or not, until the president leaves office.

"I will continue to participate in whatever it takes to make sure that the Mubarak regime should leave," he said. "I think that there is a consensus here in Egypt in every part of society that this is a regime that is dictatorial, that has failed to deliver on economic, social or political fronts and that we need a new beginning, an Egypt that is free, that is democratic and we need to go through a transitional period."

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As for the U.S., ElBaradei said the leadership had fallen short of Egyptians' expectations.

"What is ... very disappointing to the Egyptian people is the message coming from the U.S., which is saying that we are going to work with the Egyptian people and with the government," he said. "Well, you have to make a choice. This is an authoritarian government and on the other hand the people have been deprived of their freedom for 58 years."

Much more at the link! Mohammed ElBaradei is on Twitter. http://twitter.com/ElBaradei&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhiwBhIeIt4HNX5xBcxD4a8HCHKnBw">Here is the same link with the Arabic portions automatically translated to English. In interviews he's given in the last 24 or so hours, he has continually blasted the U.S. for their support of the attempted Iranian revolution while remaining mute and indecisive when a "friendly dictatorship" faces the same sorts of protests.

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[dipsydoodle]

1. Love it

:rofl:

Repeat : very disappointing to the Egyptian people.

[burnsei sensei]

2. And he's right, of course.

We should have ceased to support Mubarak's regime in 1983 or so.
Instead we helped this "president" to turn into a long-term dictator.
As usual, the U.S. is on the wrong side in the context of a criminal regime, and has been for a long time. When does the corrupt and criminally stupid elite that runs the U.S. get their own come uppance?