Saturday, February 05, 2011

US right-wingers split over Egypt protests

You might have thought the American right would welcome the sight of people power in Tunisia and Egypt after lecturing the Arab world on democracy for so long.

Instead it has divided them - with some calling on President Hosni Mubarak to go but some neocons preferring the status quo, even as it collapses.

One right-wing TV anchor talks of "the destruction of the Western world", portraying the protests as a covert power grab by Islamic radicals leading to a new caliphate across the Mediterranean.

Many of these critics were once vocal supporters of President George W Bush and his belief that invading Iraq would bring democracy to the region.

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