Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110211:18:44:00
The fact that this country, this administration embraced hosni mubarak until a few weeks ago? >> yeah. i think that is also critically important point. you know, the united states for 30 years backed the mubarak regem. i think that for at least 15 of them it was very clear that egyptian people were desperately unhappy with their lives under hosni mubarak. yet this is a wakeup call that the united states has gotten time and again whether it's marcos or pinochet or the shah of iran. when we back dictators and allow them to oppress their people, it explodes in our faces. the obama administration ...
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