Posted on 02/03/2011 7:17:30 PM PST by Nachum
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's attempt to abruptly push aside Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in favor of a transition government has sparked a rift with key Arab allies Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, which fear the U.S. is opening the door for Islamist groups to gain influence and destabilize the region.
Vying to influence the outcome of events, Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. have sent public and private messages of solidarity to Mr. Mubarak and his vice president, longtime intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, diplomats said. The messages amount to support for the president and Mr. Suleiman to oversee the transition and to ensure that Islamists can't fill any possible power vacuum.
The support from Arab states has provided a measure of comfort to Mr. Mubarak, who announced he wouldn't take part in September's election. It may in part explain why the Egyptian president rebuffed Mr. Obama's call for an immediate transition that includes the opposition.
The backlash shows how the turmoil in Egypt is rapidly reshaping U.S. policy in the region. In deciding to set itself against Mr. Mubarak, a U.S. ally for decades, the U.S. is now facing the disquiet of other friendly Arab governments, who have long provided support for American policy goals. Meanwhile, Islamists in the region, including Hamas and Hezbollah, believe they are on the ascent as U.S. allies falter.
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Can this country wait until 2012? Obama is the Great Destroyer.
Ah, more of his clumsy, ham-fisted attempts at diplomacy. This is what happens when stupidity and stubborness are let loose.
Has anything come out of the fabulous U.N. On this Egypt mess?
With the coming gas prices this summer, Obama will have to flee the country.
I hope nothing happens to him and he gets out safely.
The blowback is starting.
Well UN employees have fled Egypt if that counts.
With him now gone, it's like a Mack Sennett comedy.
Egypt and Soros
--Many are asking who started the riots in Egypt around Jan. 25, 2011, including Walid Phares on Fox News. Phares stated that he believed it was bloggers on Facebook who began the riots. In April of 2010, a weekly magazine aiming to link Arab bloggers with politicians, the elderly and the elite was launched in Egypt.
The weekly Wasla – or “The Link” – is being heralded as a first for the Arab world, with plans for articles by bloggers as a way of giving them a wider readership.
Wasla is published by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information and is financially supported by the Open Society Institute created by none other than George Soros.
In the 1st edition of Wasla, the cover featured Mohamed ElBaradei. ElBaradei is Wasla's chosen candidate and he is also supported by the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran. George Soros and ElBaradei both sit on the Board of Trustees for the International Crisis Group.--
Funny, I hadn’t heard anything about our Allies since Saturday. (Germany, UK, and France were putting up a united front, seemingly.)
No mention about O talking with them either. Strange that.
Ping.
Gosh, we throw a 30 year ally under the bus and our other allies in the region wonder if they can rely on us? Who could have predicted that?
But the world loves him...he’s so above us all, god like...
Well until they see him in action...dithering when he shouldn’t, rushing to fast at times, and always always on the wrong side of things.
Like Hillary said, he’s not Presidential material.
HAHABAHA!! Thank you, I needed that!
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