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Kasz216 on 19 February 2011
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Rath said:
Kasz216 said:
 

That is completely false.

The US supported him vs a power vacuum/other dictatorship.  However they're preference has aways been a Democracy.  (Well since the end of the cold war.)

Hell it's been the stated preference, and the US has funded and created MANY democratic instutitions in Egypt.

Ever since the end of the Cold War the US policy has been to greatly urge their middleastern allies to make more and more democratic reforms and eventually give up power.

As soon as the protests started Obama was talking to Mubarak telling him to stand down.  Before there was any indication the protests would succeed.  Washington Officials were giving the army full support in their upheavel. (the second in command was actually in washinton at the time.)

This was more or less EXACTLY what the US wanted.  To believe otherwise is to be completely ignorant of middle eastern foreign policy and be stuck in an outdated BS Cold War mindset. 

This is basically exactly the right way to foster democracy in nations with dictators.

I'm not saying that America was anti-democracy. They just wanted slowly introduced democracy under a stable dictatorship. America was pro-reform, but they were anti-revolution.

The American government at the start of the protests were calling for Mubarak to implement the reforms, not for him to stand down. Even late in the piece they were very tepid on the idea, and never called for it directly.

Publically.  However if you really following the story you'd know that privately they were suggesting a handover to the military as soon as the whole thing started and DID want him to step down.  The rumors for the US plan to transition to democracy in Januray the day after the protests started ended up being EXACT plan that was used.

Things went exactly to US and Obama's plans.  They just weren't widely expressed plans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/2011/01/obamas_behind-the-scenes_effor.html


The US didn't much care how it happnened.  They just weren't expecting people to protest angrily to have a transition like that.  Really you need to have a deeper and more thoughtful look to understand foreign policy now a days.