(FinalCall.com) - Cairo courts Aug. 3 began trying former president Hosni Mubarak on corruption charges and the deaths of close to 1,000 Egyptians during the uprisings that ousted him after 30 years in power. Mr. Mubarak was under house arrest at a Sharm el-Sheikh Hospital. He was also the second leader to go on trial since the rebellions that swept North Africa and the Middle East.
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America's desertion of these autocratic rulers who she favored highlights a history of how imperialists have no loyalty on the world stage. In the high risk game of international politics and world affairs there is neither honor nor trust among the big global players like America, France, England and Germany when it comes to robbing the natural resources and wealth of smaller less powerful nations—and protecting their own interests.
“Imperialism has no permanent friends, just permanent interests, and the interest is clearly the question of economic domination, economic neocolonialism, and political domination of the world,” said political analyst and Pacifica radio host Dedon Kimathi.
“They will utilize anybody from the left and from the right—whoever they can get in bed with,” he added.
Since the days of the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and now neo-colonialism, death, mayhem and exploitation from the Western world remains the order of the day. Keeping the exploited weak, divided and marginalized is the modus operandi, usually with a “big man” serving as a minion at the too.
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