re: #92 oaktree

Sort of interesting how we advocate self-determination all the time up to the point that they appear to not support our interests above what might be their own…
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Don’t take my comment the wrong way. I am all for self-determination, no matter the outcome (almost - iImake exceptions for rigged elections and Hamas). But there is a built-in bias in the US towards assuming that rebels are somehow pro-Western and that democracy always leads to rational politics. I am not quite ready to take up the “rebel cause” - I am still sorting out the true effects of Tahrir Square. So far, Egypt has swapped military dictatorship fronted by Mubarak for direct military dictatorship and islamic populism.