Conversation with US Embassy Cairo (the official Twitter account of the US government in Egypt)
The US Embassy in Cairo admits two important things in these tweets: 1. It has the power to stop weapons imports to the dictatorship. 2. It knows that ordinary Egyptians are being tried in courts that offer neither "due process" nor transparency. It supplies dictators with weapons anyway.
- Tweets were sent to @USEmbassyCairo as part of a project entitled #Truth2Power here is an idea of what they were like:
@USEmbassyCairo Stop supporting military dictatorships. Really. Stop it. No #SCAF #EgyWorkers #EgyStudents- Throughout the day, others joined in questioning the US's role and relationship with the military dictatorship (@ArmedForcesEG) in #Egypt
There is no excuse for supporting a government that is against its ppl @USEmbassyCairo #GlobalRevolution2011
- For some reason this message cannot be Storified, but, @hfakhry said, "@USEmbassyCairo The gas that ur government said OK about, has poisoned me & 100s in #Tahrir, we r suffering Toxic materials in blood, Liars!" The US Embassy responded...
- ...and the conversation continues:
@USEmbassyCairo do you consult your tax payers before sending shipments of tear gas to the arab world to kill us?- The next comment by the embassy is very telling, the US Government, particularly the Embassy in Cairo has the power to stop imports of weapons that it knows are being used against ordinary Egyptians:
@USEmbassyCairo it doesn't matter where the funds come from. NO WEAPONS for military dictatorships.- More true statements: With the understanding that what the US Government is doing in Egypt is not "democracy", their actions are in support of the military dictatorship...
@UnifiedLeft @USEmbassyCairo We consistently prop up military dictatorships all around the world.
@USEmbassyCairo #teargas is potent in any form & for many special individuals tinyurl.com/837ekcg @unifiedleft
@UnifiedLeft @usembassycairo LOL. Now using twitter to lie. This govt doesn't promote democracy around the world, it promotes its interests!- People know about their tricky ways...
@USEmbassyCairo Your only objective is to install a pro-Israel & pro-Saudi puppet through a military junta. You're not fooling anyone. #SCAF
@USEmbassyCairo just remember that the whole world IS watching and corruption shall be brought to justice... @MindDetonat0r @UnifiedLeft- The Embassy issued a denial and tries to re-establish its position in support of democracy:
@MindDetonat0r That is absolutely false. We strongly support Egypt's democratic transition to an elected civilian gov #tahrir- Their denial & statements about "democracy" have no credibility when compared with reality...
