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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.fair enough kempie but it doesn't seem to make the newspapers as much as the authoritarianism in Zimbabwe, North Korea or (supposedly) Iran, for instance. The USA is noticeably more tolerant of bad behaviour by its friends such as Egypt, Israel and (until last week) Russia, mainly because these countries have been able since 9/11 to say 'But it's because we are fighting the war against terror, like you'.
Oh, and the fascist British regime too of course.
The Egyptian President, Mubarak, gets very good press in the western world, he's recieved many 'Peace' awards globally and in Egypt. But Egypt also has democratic elections and he has been consistently re-elected since 1981. I have spoken to some normal Egyptian's about various politics as I was there when there was a bombing two years ago. The ordinary men love him, and they are also incredibly patriotic. On paper the information that Kempie has posted may sound controlling to us, but it seems to work for the people it affects. The people I spoke to have far more respect for him than we do for our entire government. (not that our government have done anything to earn our respect)
Would it be a shock to discover that the USA is under a similar state and has been since WW2? It allows the fedaral govt some extra powers that they've never been willing to rescind.
Also I was in Cairo when GWB launched the attack on Iraq. The Egyptian government may be supporters of the US - they know which side they're bread's buttered on - but I can tell you that the scenes on the streets tell a different story for the people. Englishbird is correct though - the people there are great admirers of Mubarak, but i'd question whether any of the elections were actually free and fair - Human Rights watch don't seem to think so: http://hrw.org/doc/?t=mideast&c=egypt
Just incase you're interested - the USA state of emergency link:
http://www.barefootsworld.net/war_ep1.html
just scroll down past the front page. BTW - I was incorrect in my last post, they've been in force since 1933, not ww2.