“Like a bridge over troubled waters….” (Modified)
As this juncture, I focus my attention on the late, charming Benazir Bhutto, a Pakistanian who returned to her homeland in the midst of political and social unrest in 2007. Ms. Bhutto became the darling of Western media and the face of the opposition movement. She was sent by America to part the red sea and walk on water.
In Haiti, I witnessed earlier this year the return of Ex-Pres. Jean-Claude Duvalier aka Baby Doc. Mr. Duvalier was driven out of Haiti in 1986 by his own people. My suspicions are American interests are involved in his perplexing return and I note his strong posture to be a Western media darling regarding the daunting task of re-building Haiti.
There is presently un-rest in Egypt. Enter Mohamed El Baradei, a Nobel Peace Prize winning Egyptian who also worked for the United Nations. His credentials and his return to his homeland a few days ago has demanded the attention of Western media. Mr. El Baradei is already speaking for the Egyptian mass. Out of the tens of thousand demonstrators, Western media is poised to only find the pontification of Mr. El Baradei noteworthy in negotiating the rebuilding of a more peoples’ friendly Egypt.
I can not come to any conclusions regarding the actions of Benazir Bhutto, Jean-Claude Duvalier or Mohamed El Baradei. There are no positives nor negatives I can express regarding their patriotism. Those observations were not my intentions in writing this post. I can only say I find the situation in which they placed themselves 'interesting' and further note that no single hero emerged from the recent un-rest in Tunisia. Why was Tunisia of no interest to America? (*The industrial sector is mainly made up of clothing and footwear manufacturing, production of car parts, and electric machinery.) Why was no media darling sent there bathed in the strong diplomatic language of our President and Secretary of State as per Egypt? Would the message continue to be, “Don’t brutalize your citizens! Listen to them" when confronted with similar unrest in Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel? Interesting.
As always,
BB
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia#Economy
In Haiti, I witnessed earlier this year the return of Ex-Pres. Jean-Claude Duvalier aka Baby Doc. Mr. Duvalier was driven out of Haiti in 1986 by his own people. My suspicions are American interests are involved in his perplexing return and I note his strong posture to be a Western media darling regarding the daunting task of re-building Haiti.
There is presently un-rest in Egypt. Enter Mohamed El Baradei, a Nobel Peace Prize winning Egyptian who also worked for the United Nations. His credentials and his return to his homeland a few days ago has demanded the attention of Western media. Mr. El Baradei is already speaking for the Egyptian mass. Out of the tens of thousand demonstrators, Western media is poised to only find the pontification of Mr. El Baradei noteworthy in negotiating the rebuilding of a more peoples’ friendly Egypt.
I can not come to any conclusions regarding the actions of Benazir Bhutto, Jean-Claude Duvalier or Mohamed El Baradei. There are no positives nor negatives I can express regarding their patriotism. Those observations were not my intentions in writing this post. I can only say I find the situation in which they placed themselves 'interesting' and further note that no single hero emerged from the recent un-rest in Tunisia. Why was Tunisia of no interest to America? (*The industrial sector is mainly made up of clothing and footwear manufacturing, production of car parts, and electric machinery.) Why was no media darling sent there bathed in the strong diplomatic language of our President and Secretary of State as per Egypt? Would the message continue to be, “Don’t brutalize your citizens! Listen to them" when confronted with similar unrest in Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel? Interesting.
As always,
BB
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia#Economy
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