There has been endless whining about US thugs getting bad experiences when tangling with cops or armed citizens. We are told, this proves that the US is a ‘police state’. Here is a real honest to god police state: Egypt. The US, NATO nations of Europe, Israel and above all, Saudi Arabia encouraged, armed and assisted a violent coup against an honest elected popular government. Since the coup, all demonstrations have been cruelly crushed, any sign of dissent on line leads to prison terms, the previous dictator has been freed while Morsi and his fellow party members are going to be executed. Excuse for this? He ‘killed demonstrators’.