Business As Usual

It's good to see, following the event in Arizona, that right-wingers are dampening their rhetoric. Oh, wait. Glenn Beck feels Barack Obama is a dictator, like Mubarak of Egypt. Some even feel we should have mandatory gun ownership.

The case of Egypt is a good chance for the U.S. to examine our foreign policy and our, what most of the world sees as, hypocritical claim to be champions of democracy, yet we support dictators worldwide. Egypt is second to Israel in aid from the U.S.

For Further Reading:

The Delicate Tightrope of Supporting Dictators

Friendly Dictators

History of U.S Backed Dictators

Overthrow: Americas Century of Regime Change

Timeline of U.S. Supporting Dictators