I see no reason to trust the U.S. Government ever again. That guy really did stick his neck out for us for a long 30yrs. And we repay him with just 18 Days? Aggressive Foreign Interventionism just doesn't work. Clearly we'll throw anyone under the bus if we think it's convenient. We're not the good guys. We lose either way. Time to bring all our cash and soldiers home from the entire Middle East. Don't hold your breath waiting for that though.
- That guy really did stick his neck out for us for a long 30yrsHow Hosni Mubarak Got So Rich
February 11, 2011, 5:28 pm EST
There are no Mubaraks on the Forbes list of the world's richest people, but there sure ought to be.
The mounting pressure from 18 days of historic protests finally drove Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from office, after three decades as his nation's iron-fisted ruler. But over that time, Mubarak amassed a fortune that should finance a pretty comfortable retirement. The British Guardian newspaper cites Middle Eastern sources placing the wealth of Mubarak and his family at somewhere between $40 billion and $70 billion. That's a pretty good pension for government work. The world's richest man--Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim--is worth about $54 billion, by comparison. Bill Gates is close behind, with a net worth of about $53 billion .....
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/How-Hosni-Mubarak-Got-Filthy-usnews-3723955512.html?x=0
- Clearly we'll throw anyone under the bus if we think it's convenient.
Given that Hosni Murbarak may emerge as the richest man in the world, perhaps "LibocalypseNow" may want to reconsider his assessment.
Let's keep in mind that Egypt is the 2nd largest recipient of US foreign aid - much of the money in Murbarak's "retirement fund" comes at the expense of the beleagured American taxpayer who doesn't have enough to pay for his/her own retirement!
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