Mubarak’s Thuggery Was OK Off Camera

By Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive,  February 3, 2011

 

This is the Hosni Mubarak that the United States has been lavishly supporting for 30 years now.

This isn’t new. We in the U.S. are just seeing it for ourselves for the first time.

Mubarak’s thugs riding in on horses and camels, with their whips in hand.

Mubarak’s thugs surrounding journalists and pummeling them.

Mubarak’s thugs kicking punching and kicking pro-democracy forces.

Mubarak’s thugs hurling Molotov cocktails at unarmed pro-democracy forces.

Mubarak’s thugs speeding in a van and clipping down protesters.

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