Noam Chomsky: Why the Mideast Turmoil Is a Direct Threat to the American Empire!

Popular uprisings in the Arab World have led to the ouster of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the end of the Hosni Mubrak regime, a new Jordanian government, and a pledge by Yemen's longtime dictator to leave office at the end of his term. Obama was careful to hold his tongue in light of these enormous events: Whenever a favored dictator is in trouble, he tries to sustain him, hold on, and if possible, switch sides. Even the philosopher Noam Chomsky was surprised by these rapid developments, praising the courage, determination, and commitment of the demonstrators who brought about these rapid changes. President Obama did what he always does: Whenever a favored dictator is in trouble, he tries to sustain him, hold on, and if necessary, switch sides. Egypt is the second-largest recipient of US military and economic aid, after Israel. Before Mubarak resigned, Obama called Mubarak a "good" man, who has "done good things, and maintained stability", despite the fact that Mubarak was one of the most brutal dictators of that region - but he fully supported the Israeli Regime and their destruction of the houses of the Palestinians who had settled in that land for generations!