In the insultingly bad propaganda category... posted by Richard Seymour

This in the Daily Telegraph, more for the spin than the unremarkable 'disclosure’:

 

Here is the secret document sent from the US Embassy in Cairo to Washington disclosing the extent of American support for the protesters behind the Egypt uprising...

As you'll discover upon looking at the document, the 'extent of American support' for these protesters is nil. The document is a State Department memo describing, in terms dripping with condescension and contempt, the claims of a coopted member of a pro-US 'April 6' group who is obviously on the outside of the opposition mainstream and who they regard as a bit of a Walter Mitty. The US supplied Mubarak and his security forces with at least $1.5bn last year.  Egypt is the second largest recipient of US overseas aid, not only in the region but in the world.  This is mostly military aid, used primarily for internal security.   The weapons being used against protesters, which have killed dozens – an estimated 95 people - so far, are produced in and supplied by the United States.  Even today, when the protests are on, the US is not claiming to support the overthrow of the man whom they have so lavishly spoiled.  Anyone – and I do mean anyone - who believes the Telegraph’s propaganda is a pure sap. 

Labels: dictatorship, egypt, Israel, revolt, revolution, US imperialism