Posted on 08/15/2013 10:09:58 AM PDT by Nachum
President Obama delivered a short audio-only statement on Egypt this morning, from his rented-vacation home on Martha's Vineyard:
In the statement, President Obama cancelled a planned joint U.S.-Egypt military exercise and called for "Egyptian authorities to respect the universal rights of the people. We call on those who protest to do so peacefully."
Obama did not say that U.S. aid to Egypt would change.
The president answered no questions.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
Audio at link
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Maybe he had a hand of spades going on...
Reggie’s interview is not flattering to Obummer and it’s not going away ... even if the youtube got pulled. :-)
Ø's handlers probably didn't want the visual of Ø making the statement while wearing a golf shirt, cargo shorts, & a golf glove on his right hand!
No big deal. I imagine the Egyptian military is going to be fully-occupied with domestic matters for the next year or two and won’t have time to play war games with the U.S.
This morning Glen Beck made the excellent point that this “audio-only” speech was a first-time “cold read” of a paper that was handed to Obama, while he was not even dressed or presentable for cameras.
This is very significant. The detached boy emperor is being fed a script by his handlers, and he can’t even be bothered to read the script one time before delivering it into a microphone and recorder.
Or his pajamas.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Next time, they need to trot out somebody in the Idiot's administration who is better qualified and is a more articulate spokesman!
Why does Kim Jong Won ask Egyptians to respect the ‘universal human rights of the people’ when he doesn’t respect the Constitutional rights of Americans? Just more ‘do what I say, not what I do’. Libs have no conscience.
The Live Egypt thread has freeper translations from Arabic and not only tons of news but people posting things not in the regular news - here’s a comment relevant to this thread. Anyone who hasn’t seen this ongoing thread or lost track of it, here’s the link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3039526/posts?q=1&;page=3301#3311
Below hat tip to caww and melancholy
US-Egyptian relations on the rocks. El-Sisi wouldn’t accept Obama’s phone call
That’s absolutely expected. El Sisi isn’t an 0b0z0 puppet. In fact, the Egyptian military leaders are in touch with their American counterparts who are mostly patriots and not 0b0z0ids, on regular basis.
I suspect those American generals agree with their Egyptian counterparts on getting rid of the mother of ALL Islamic terrorism, the MB.
The American generals who care about this Republic must be horrified about the Jarrett/Hagel/Islamist axis policy to hand the ME to Russia after 35 years of military investment in the American/Egyptian alliance.
The 0b0z0 regime is losing its homoass in Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Gaza and Libya as we speak.
The other sleepers who are going against 0b0z0’s policy are putting their MONEY where their mouths are. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE already deposited about $12 billion aid in Egyptian banks after 0b0z0 made noise about cutting military aid to Egypt. An aid that Russia will gladly pick up, bringing Egypt back to 1955 when Russia armed Nasser’s Egypt through the huge Czech arms deal followed by financing and building the Aswan High Damn.
...And the rest is history...
OK, folks, now as the President's wingmen, you're gonna dress this up, right?
.....”President Obama cancelled a planned joint U.S.-Egypt military exercise and called for “Egyptian authorities to respect the universal rights of the people. We call on those who protest to do so peacefully”.....
What is happening in Egypt has nothing whatsoever to do with protests or peoples rights.......this is all a screen to hide the Jihad war ‘declared’ over a month ago on Egypt by the Brotherhood and the Clerics....the so called sit-ins were ‘their bases’ in Rabba and Nadah to bring in and support their war effort against Egypt to make it the King pin nation in their Caliphat.
Over 10,000 have read this article and worth the read.......explains what is not being told in the media....
Thursday, 15 August 2013
“Misinformation about Egypt’s ‘massacre”
One would think that these naked acts of sectarian hatred would be enough to disabuse global spokesmen and much of the global press from alluding to the “peaceful” and “non-violent” nature of pro-Mursi protestors and MBS.
Non- violence does not mean building barricades to hold off the Egyptian riot police and breaking up pavement stones to throw at them......
Footage, shot at the very beginning of the confrontation..... but curiously not screened until after many hours of coverage of MB dead and wounded, shows... – before a shot was fired – ....pro-Mursi demonstrators attacking a bulldozer starting to break down the barricades with stones and long sticks until police firing tear gas forced them to retreat.
A TV correspondent trapped with his crew by gunfire directed towards the roof of the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque remarked that gunfire was not just coming in, but also going out, from the mosque at the same time.
Egyptian bystanders watching events from their balconies near the Nasr City intersection said they saw armed men among the MB protestors.
None of this, not to mention the blocking of traffic at major intersections for four weeks, are examples of the “right to peaceful assembly” that the U.S. spokesman alluded to in his criticism of the Egyptian security and armed forces.
In the last weeks of the sit-ins – almost as if to provoke the authorities into action – the MB would send out groups of a few thousand from either the Nahda Square sit-in or the Rabaa al-Adawiya sit-in to march upon government offices.
In several cases the marches were confronted “not by the riot police but by Egyptians living in the neighborhoods” where the MB protestors were attempting to assault ministerial buildings. .....And that is the element that seems to be missing from so much of the discourse – that this is not just a conflict between the MB and their Salafist allies with the armed forces and state security, but a conflict between the MB with most Egyptians, .....who are supported by the armed forces –and who according to public opinion polls, wanted this sit-ins ended and life, tourism and jobs to come back to normal. ....And in Cairo that opposition to the MB is overwhelming.
....A massacre is not combat......
A massacre is the ‘unprovoked slaughter of non-violent, peaceful civilians, or of combatants who have already surrendered.
Neither case was applicable on Wednesday. There has been a tragic loss of life, particularly at Nasr City, but the MB should remember the saying that sometimes one may not like what one gets, when one gets what one wishes for.
......one cannot say day after day,..... as the Muslim Brothers at both sit-ins have said,... that they welcome martyrdom, ....that they are more than ready to die for their cause,... and they have brought their wives and children to the sit-ins and they are willing for them to die also.... You cannot say this day after day, and then cry out in horror and shock: ......“Look, the police are killing us!”
Note:.....You don’t ask the people to give you a mandate and then sit by idly.... The timing was only delayed because of Ramadan and the Eid celebrations.”..........This is a zero-sum game and one side has to win.” It is to late for anything else.
Audio only=he did this audio weeks ago. No way el heffe will be disturbed during his vacation!
Found this just now on the Live thread:
Remarks by the President on the Situation in Egypt
Residence
Chilmark, Massachusetts
10:30 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I just finished a discussion with my national security team about the situation in Egypt, and I wanted to provide an update about our response to the events of the last several days.
Let me begin by stepping back for a moment. The relationship between the United States and Egypt goes back decades. It’s rooted in our respect of Egypt as a nation, an ancient center of civilization, and a cornerstone for peace in the Middle East. It’s also rooted in our ties to the Egyptian people, forged through a longstanding partnership.
Just over two years ago, America was inspired by the Egyptian people’s desire for change as millions of Egyptians took to the streets to defend their dignity and demand a government that was responsive to their aspirations for political freedom and economic opportunity. And we said at the time that change would not come quickly or easily, but we did align ourselves with a set of principles: nonviolence, a respect for universal rights, and a process for political and economic reform. In doing so, we were guided by values but also by interests, because we believe nations are more stable and more successful when they’re guided by those principles as well.
And that’s why we’re so concerned by recent events. We appreciate the complexity of the situation. While Mohamed Morsi was elected President in a democratic election, his government was not inclusive and did not respect the views of all Egyptians. We know that many Egyptians, millions of Egyptians, perhaps even a majority of Egyptians were calling for a change in course. And while we do not believe that force is the way to resolve political differences, after the military’s intervention several weeks ago, there remained a chance for reconciliation and an opportunity to pursue a democratic path.
Instead, we’ve seen a more dangerous path taken through arbitrary arrests, a broad crackdown on Mr. Morsi’s associations and supporters, and now tragically the violence that’s taken the lives of hundreds of people and wounded thousands more.
The United States strongly condemns the steps that have been taken by Egypt’s interim government and security forces. We deplore violence against civilians. We support universal rights essential to human dignity, including the right to peaceful protest. We oppose the pursuit of martial law, which denies those rights to citizens under the principle that security trumps individual freedom, or that might makes right. And today the United States extends its condolences to the families of those who were killed and those who were wounded.
And given the depths of our partnership with Egypt, our national security interests in this pivotal part of the world and our belief that engagement can support a transition back to a democratically elected civilian government, we’ve sustained our commitment to Egypt and its people. But while we want to sustain our relationship with Egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back.
As a result, this morning we notified the Egyptian government that we are canceling our biannual joint military exercise which was scheduled for next month. Going forward I’ve asked my national security team to assess the implications of the actions taken by the interim government and further steps that we may take as necessary with respect to the U.S.-Egyptian relationship.
Let me say that the Egyptian people deserve better than what we’ve seen over the last several days. And to the Egyptian people, let me say the cycle of violence and escalation needs to stop. We call on the Egyptian authorities to respect the universal rights of the people. We call on those who are protesting to do so peacefully and condemn the attacks that we’ve seen by protesters, including on churches. We believe that the state of emergency should be lifted, that a process of national reconciliation should begin, that all parties need to have a voice in Egypt’s future, that the rights of women and religious minorities should be respected, and that commitments must be kept to pursue transparent reforms of the constitution and democratic elections of a parliament and a President.
Pursuing that path with help Egypt meet the democratic aspirations of its people while attracting the investment, tourism and international support that can help it deliver opportunities to its citizens. Violence, on the other hand, will only feed the cycle of polarization that isolates Egyptians from one another and from the world, and that continues to hamper the opportunity for Egypt to get back on the path of economic growth.
Let me make one final point. America cannot determine the future of Egypt. That’s a task for the Egyptian people. We don’t take sides with any particular party or political figure. I know it’s tempting inside of Egypt to blame the United States or the West or some other outside actor for what’s gone wrong. We’ve been blamed by supporters of Morsi. We’ve been blamed by the other side, as if we are supporters of Morsi. That kind of approach will do nothing to help Egyptians achieve the future that they deserve.
We want Egypt to succeed. We want a peaceful, democratic, prosperous Egypt. That’s our interest. But to achieve that, the Egyptians are going to have to do the work.
We recognize that change takes time, and that a process like this is never guaranteed. There are examples in recent history of countries that are transitioned out of a military government towards a democratic government, and it did not always go in a straight line, and the process was not always smooth. There are going to be false starts. There will be difficult days. America’s democratic journey took us through some mighty struggles to perfect our union.
From Asia to the Americas, we know that democratic transitions are measured not in months or even years, but sometimes in generations. So in the spirit of mutual interest and mutual respect, I want to be clear that America wants to be a partner in the Egyptian people’s pursuit of a better future, and we are guided by our national interest in this longstanding relationship. But our partnership must also advance the principles that we believe in and that so many Egyptians have sacrificed for these last several years — no matter what party or faction they belong to.
So America will work with all those in Egypt and around the world who support a future of stability that rests on a foundation of justice and peace and dignity.
Thank you very much.
END
10:37 A.M. EDT
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/15/remarks-president-situation-egypt
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