Posted on 02/03/2011 6:36:17 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Two key senators offered and passed a resolution on Thursday that calls for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to hand over power to a caretaker government.
The resolution offered by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) also call for elections and urges that Egypt’s military demonstrate “maximum professionalism and restraint” in working to restore order.
In a floor speech, McCain warned that the situation in Egypt could turn into a “genuine massacre.”
“We cannot afford that, and we must do everything in our power to see that it stops,” McCain said. “This is a seminal moment in the history of the Middle East and the world. We are seeing an uprising and a movement that spread across the entire Middle East.”
McCain called for Mubarak to give up power on Wednesday following a meeting at the White House with President Obama.
Protests in the streets of Cairo on Thursday were violent for a second day in a row as forces loyal to and against Mubarak’s government battled in the streets.
Kerry said all stakeholders in Egypt must respect human rights.
“We urge the parties involved to take every step possible to avoid violence and to respect the rights of the people in Egypt to assemble, to express their rights, to fight for and demonstrate for a transition in their lives and in their country,” said Kerry.
This is the first resolution to be offered by any senators on the crisis in Egypt. Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) quickly joined as cosponsors.
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Now that’s funny.
Now that’s funny.
Now that’s funny.
Now that’s funny.
With these idiots in our government, you’d have to be crazy to be an ally of ours in this day and age.
Just teasin'
I simply cannot believe how STUPID the people of Arizona are.
They re-elected him as senator of their state!
My first thought when I heard about the Egyptian riots is that Mubarak has been in power for 30 years and that’s waayyy too long for anyone to rule. Now I realize that McLame has been senator for 29 years.... Hm....
Maybe McLame will do us all a favor and promise not to run in the next election, just as Mubarak did. It might be the only way we can ever get rid of him since the idiot residents of AZ keep voting him back into office!
Our Congress should just STFU, do they really need to pass anything? Another WTF moment.
Now there's a pair to draw to.
Someone tell Itchy and Scratchy to knock it off!!
Weak sister and publicity hound. Drop dead McCain. You disgust me.
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