Egyptian Unrest Highlights American Hypocrisy

As Egypt descends into chaos while millions take to the street demanding a new government, the response by the Obama administration and a large portion of the mainstream media has been one of hypocritical lunacy. However, this is nothing new in American policy or public relations as the freedom (sic) spreading Federal government of the United States often finds itself in bed with world leaders who practice entirely antithetical policies to professed American principles. Accomplished author and cartoonist Mark Zepezauer writes, “Egypt under Mubarak uses its billions in U.S. military aid to detain, beat and torture dissenters, opposition politicians and journalists; many have died in custody. Thousands of political prisoners and pro-democracy activists are held in overcrowded, disease-ridden prisons, without charges or trials. Press restrictions, including newspaper shutdowns, are widespread.” Egypt and the Mubarak regime is the second largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid behind Israel.