Neocons swindle their constituents into believing that they want to spread American values throughout the world. They talk about things like “bringing stability,” yet only chaos has followed neocon-prescribed international interventions.
The cold hard truth is that what neocons really want is control. Everything else is just commentary.
Let’s take recent events in Egypt for example. The unelected Hosni Mubarak, who the U.S. propped up financially for 30 years, was finally removed from power. The so-called “Arab Spring” ushered in Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi.
This should all sound good to the neocons, right? You would think that if a step backwards were to be taken (say a military coup), the neocons would throw a fit.
Ahh…but you would be wrong.
Jonathan Tobin tells us that, “There is more to democracy than voting.” If the military didn’t take over, he writes, “…there is little doubt that Morsi and the Brotherhood would never have peacefully relinquished power or stopped until they had remade Egypt in their own image.”
Tobin must have a crystal ball to see the future so clearly.
Tobin believes that it’s not only imperative for the Muslim Brotherhood to be ousted militarily, but they must never return to power again!
He writes that “any solution that risks giving Morsi another chance to consolidate power would be a disaster for Egypt and the United States.”
Americans might be asking themselves at this point: “Why is the U.S. involved in this at all?”
Tobin then gives his prescription: “Washington must be prepared to stick with the military no matter what happens in the streets of Cairo.”
No matter what happens? Is Tobin encouraging that the military use violence against peaceful protestors? Already dozens of protestors have been killed – does he condone this?
Why would Tobin be so comfortable making such an outlandish statement in the first place? Why is he so comfortable with the Egyptian military?
Well, Foreign Policy‘s John Reed gives an important clue. He points out that the U.S.:
“…largely built the modern Egyptian armed forces. In fact, the Egyptian Army — as the entire military is colloquially known there — may be one of the U.S. government’s best friends in the entire Arab world. American presidents have been encouraging stability in the region for more than 30 years by making the Egyptian military the muscle behind a regional superpower — one built and trained by Washington.
Whatever the U.S. builds (and continually funds) it effectively controls.
Control is the aim of neoconservatism, and what the whole disgusting endeavor in Egypt is all about.
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