Once in a while Steven A. Cook writes an article which
typifies what it is that troubles America 's punditry. He shows the
industry to be filled with people who may have started their careers with an
open mind and a rounded view of the world that's surrounding them, but have
become increasingly narrow minded and one dimensional.
Cook's latest foray in this vein came in the form of an
article he wrote under the title: “Middle East derangement syndrome” and the
subtitle: “Egypt , Turkey and Israel have all fallen prey to
delusions about Trump.” It was published on January 22, 2017 on the website of
Salon Magazine. This being a discussion on the situation in three countries, I
only choose to discuss what is reported about Egypt . I do so in the interest of
covering the subject comprehensively.
Steven Cook starts his article by saying that the Egyptians
were so happy with the election result in America that their President “Sisi
reportedly considered attending [Trump's] inauguration.” Well, it must be said
that this was a false report. It could have originated in Washington
where it was circulated as rumor, because no trace of that was detected in Egypt or
anywhere else.
Here is a passage that points to the narrow mindedness of
the American pundits: “It all seems strange given how Trump rode to power …
appealing to isolationists. If there was any sign about Trump's approach to U.S. foreign
policy, it was retrenchment … leaders in these countries seem to [fantasize]
that Trump will be a [good] steward of their security...” But the reality is
the opposite of that. Both the people and government in Egypt have
always wanted all foreign influences, including the American, to stay out of
the country – way out.
That is especially true when it comes to the toxic gifts of
depravity they call Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) which are in reality
creatures of the American Congress of horror. These things are considered to be
time bombs designed to subvert the governments of other nations. Their mission
is to infiltrate those that take them in and remodel their hosts in the image
of America 's
legislative houses of political prostitution.
The ultimate goal of these roving horror shows is to
paralyze the foreign governments they infiltrate, causing them not to act
unless ordered by Jewish voices that seek to implement the Judeo-Israeli
agenda. But Egypt
is lucky in that it has nearly 50,000 home-grown civil societies looking after
the needs of their people extremely well. The last thing they want is to be
contaminated by Jewish-American political garbage.
Instead of seeing things in this light and discussing them
for what they are, Steven Cook uses four paragraphs to make the narrative sound
like Egypt desperately wants something from America. But after saying all that
he desires to say, you find that the writer has only managed to demonstrate
that Egypt
wants the American monkey off its back, and nothing more. Here is how that
goes:
In a paragraph that contains 93 words there appears this
passage: “The Egyptians are convinced that the Trump administration will drop
objections to Egypt 's
record on human rights.” The next paragraph contains 86 words, including this
passage: “Even if Trump does what the leaders want, how will it make things
better? The Egyptians seem likely to get what they want: a change in tone in
relations with Washington .”
The third paragraph contains 110 words just to say this: “better relations with
Washington won't make the insurgency in the
Sinai go away or make Egypt 's
economy suddenly grow.” The fourth paragraph contains 104 words, and makes this
point: “the Egyptians are likely to confront the reality that the problem in
their relationship with the United States
has been in Cairo , not Washington .” What? What the bleep is he
talking about?
Where in all that verbiage is there a hint that unresolved
problems do exist between Cairo and Washington ? The only
thing that comes out with clarity from the 393 words which are spread out in
four paragraphs is that the American human rights load of untreated and stinky
rubbish has nauseated the people and government of Egypt to such an extent, they will
have nothing to do with it ever again.