From the Egyptian Shadow Government:
Date: October 1, 2004To: 1) The Secretary General of the United Nations
2) Heads of Security Council Member States
3) Heads of G-8 Group of Countries
From: Egypt Shadow Government and 500 Egyptian citizens.
Subject: Impose Sanctions on and Condemn Mubarak
Dear Sirs,
The Egyptian Shadow Government (ESG) and the other undersigned petitioners hereby call upon you to impose sanctions on and condemn Mubarak for:
1- Ruling Egypt for 23 years and counting by armed suppression rather than through election.
2- Declaring officially on September 27 that he intends to extend next year his illegitimate rule by another 6-year term through the usually rigged referendum.
3- grooming his son and wife to inherit the presidency after him by ways of the usual bogus, rigged referenda.
Needless to remind you, all the world's leading human rights groups have condemned Mubarak's regime for committing atrocious crimes against humanity throughout his long reign of unprecedented terror in Egypt. You have not taken any action to stop Mubarak's crimes. After 23 years of utter silence, you are morally obligated to immediately intervention to prevent needless blood baths and to save Egypt from falling into the hands of fanatics, a sure outcome of Mubarak's persistently and unshakably corrupt, oppressive, incompetent, negligent, irresponsible and lawless regime.
Yours truly
Omar Samy
Prime Minister
Egyptian Shadow Government
pmo@shadow-government.com
www.shadow-government.com
At the very least, ending all American aid -- which by now amounts to $60 billion -- to Egypt, a world center of anti-Americanism (possibly the most anti-American country, along with Saudi Arabia, in the world) and of antisemitism, that has failed to fulfill a single one of its obligations under the Camp David Accords. The paradox holds: the less aid, whether financial, military, or diplomatic, received by a corrupt regime from the U.S., the more likely that the people in that country will have a more favorable opinion of the United States. In the Middle East, the most pro-American populaton is that of Iran, where for 25 years there has been no American aid, and instead the Iranian government has done everything it can to whip up those it rules against the United States. But since American hostiity to the Iranian regime is clear, the fury with the rulers cannot be deflected, as it is in Egypt, to the distant Infidels in the United States.
Hmmm, so US aid is inversely proportional to pro-US sentiment in native populace, eh? very interesting hypothesis indeed.
A simple regression followed by basic statistical inference could nail this question satisactorily.
Any idea on where I can find the required data - on local pro-US sentiment and amount of aid given out? I can find the other explanatory variables (like type of govt and ahem, % religious affiliation by myself)
Tks.