Posted on 02/03/2011 7:17:30 PM PST by Nachum
WASHINGTONPresident 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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Great link thanks. I just put it up on the website. :)
OK, let's find out.
All right...you pro-western Iranian students...
START RIOTING!!!
Of course Obama was only listening to Bill Ayers, Code Pink, the Muslim Brotherhood, Rev. Wright....he forgot it all affects other Arab Countries...I think they will have more influence than Code Pink...
Just think, we have all the experience of a community organizer handling this. What a nightmare.
Any moron could see this coming, so how in the heck did the entire Senate and the WH completely screw this up? They are all freakin’ incompetent!
Great lesson for the world, then. Obama was never anything more than a cheap huckster, happy to take the coin of approval the world threw at his empty words.
Don't hate him for it. He was transparent as clean glass from the start. If you didn't recognize him for what he was, you deserve every last millimeter of disappointment you feel now.
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.
Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you'd be forced to smell your feet.
Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face!
~ Jack Prelutsky
If something were to happen to bambi he would become a Saint.
I agree.
Anything happens to Obama and he becomes mythical.
Dude better leave Elvis alone
I cannot help the feeling that somebody is running him. And will dispose of him when the need arises...
And it is said that Holbrooke's reputation was exceeded only by his ego.
And that both dwarfed his actual accomplishments...
May his name be cursed down through the ages.
I don’t give a crap what happens to him. I just want him out of this country. He can rot in hell for all I care. I’m sure he’s stashed plenty of our tax dollars in numerous places.
Unfortunately I share your feelings.
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