Freedom, liberty, independence, free speech, free world, free country, free men and women are words and phrases people always relate to America. No creature on earth enjoys these things like the Americans. It's an amazing thing in which even non-Americans enjoy when they live here.
Throughout the recent history of the United States, the U.S. administration expressed its rejection to dictatorship allover the world. They even took action against famous dictators whom they accused of oppressing their people and depriving them from "the freedom of speech". But who were these dictators? They ousted Saddam, put a pressure on Ahmadinajad and Bashar al-Asad whom everyone knows how brutal dictators they are. But what about the rest like Husni Mubarak? Are they not on the list of dictators? If not, why?!!!
Today, the BBC News reported that Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman, an Egyptian blogger was sentenced to four-year imprisonment for criticizing religious authority and criticizing the Egyptian president Mubarak.
Throughout my interrupted reading to some Egyptian blogs, I read that Soliman was a secular person who criticized the highest religious authority in Egypt for suppressing the freedom of speech. He also criticized some of the actions done by the government practicing his rights of freedom of speech on his blog.
Since I read this news, I kept thinking about Bush. What does he think of Mubarak? Doesn't what happened is one of the millions violations of freedom happening in Egypt? Why didn't he invade Egypt and "liberate" them from their dictator who took over Egypt more than four decades ago? Why did he chose to oust Saddam only? I know what many people are going to say now: he is not a threat to the US, he maintained good relations with Israel, and he helped the coalition forces be supported by Arab leaders in destroying Iraq in 1991.
So the conclusion is that the US administrations' excuse of "liberating countries from dictatorship" is not true. It has to do with US interest in the region. Otherwise, why didn't Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, and Kuwait invaded? Doesn't the US know that most of the Arab militants who killed Americans in Iraq during and after the invasion came supported with weapons and funds from the leaders of these countries?
baghdadtreasure@gmail.com
Throughout the recent history of the United States, the U.S. administration expressed its rejection to dictatorship allover the world. They even took action against famous dictators whom they accused of oppressing their people and depriving them from "the freedom of speech". But who were these dictators? They ousted Saddam, put a pressure on Ahmadinajad and Bashar al-Asad whom everyone knows how brutal dictators they are. But what about the rest like Husni Mubarak? Are they not on the list of dictators? If not, why?!!!
Today, the BBC News reported that Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman, an Egyptian blogger was sentenced to four-year imprisonment for criticizing religious authority and criticizing the Egyptian president Mubarak.
Throughout my interrupted reading to some Egyptian blogs, I read that Soliman was a secular person who criticized the highest religious authority in Egypt for suppressing the freedom of speech. He also criticized some of the actions done by the government practicing his rights of freedom of speech on his blog.
Since I read this news, I kept thinking about Bush. What does he think of Mubarak? Doesn't what happened is one of the millions violations of freedom happening in Egypt? Why didn't he invade Egypt and "liberate" them from their dictator who took over Egypt more than four decades ago? Why did he chose to oust Saddam only? I know what many people are going to say now: he is not a threat to the US, he maintained good relations with Israel, and he helped the coalition forces be supported by Arab leaders in destroying Iraq in 1991.
So the conclusion is that the US administrations' excuse of "liberating countries from dictatorship" is not true. It has to do with US interest in the region. Otherwise, why didn't Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, and Kuwait invaded? Doesn't the US know that most of the Arab militants who killed Americans in Iraq during and after the invasion came supported with weapons and funds from the leaders of these countries?
baghdadtreasure@gmail.com
