Blank eye stare...mouth hanging open...ears flapping.
Obambi flips coin to decide Mubarack's fate.
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Posted on 01/28/2011 9:14:48 AM PST by SE Mom
From FOX:
DEVELOPING: Loud explosions and gunfire were heard in the Egyptian capital of Cairo Friday, as protesters demanding the removal of President Hosni Mubarak defied a curfew, Al Jazeera reported. Egyptian television reports the ruling party headquarters in Cairo are on fire.
From TWITTER:
WashingtonPost: Clinton: We urge #Egypt authorities to allow peaceful protest, reverse unprecedented steps it has taken to cut off communications less than 20 seconds ago
So I’m wondering if these groups who have asked for a coalition government ( 6 April Movement, the We are all Khalid Said Movement, the National Assembly for Change and the 25 January Movement) are legitimate or “front” groups. I did a brief search and it seems they wereformed in reaction and opposition to some of Mubaraks nasty tactics- so on the surface they appear to be exactly the kind of group you’d want to support.
BUT. This is the ME where nothing is ever what it seems.
Like his smoking...
In case you were wondering...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2665658/posts
Hillary) Clinton heads to Haiti to mediate political crisis
Associated Press ^ | January 30, 2010
Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 5:27:21 AM by Zakeet
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is flying to Haiti to mediate in a political crisis there while other administration officials are keeping watch on violent protests halfway across the world in Egypt.
[snip]
Gaza's borders with Egypt shut down
Until further notice.
FWIW, I wonder if she’s really going to Haiti.
Blank eye stare...mouth hanging open...ears flapping.
Obambi flips coin to decide Mubarack's fate.
Sounds like the Obama administration already found their new man, and I’m sure it’s no coincidence that he returned to Egypt when he did. Here are the last two paragraphs of a NYTimes’ story misleadingly headlined as ‘Obama Presses for Change but Not a New Face at the Top’:
“Another possibility, American officials say, would be a transitional government led by an outsider, perhaps Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who flew back to Cairo several days ago.
Mr. ElBaradei, who has not lived in Egypt for years, has little connection to the protesters. A frequent critic of United States policy, he could form a caretaker government in preparation for an election. As one American official said, “He’s shown an independence from us that will squelch any argument that he’s doing our bidding.””
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/world/middleeast/30diplo.html?hp
I mean, really!! Just look at him....
Isn't it extraordinarily peculiar to NOT hear nuthin' from the Secretary of State at a time of international crisis??????????
Thanks for the link. This all continues to contrast disgustingly but tellingly with Obama’s silence on the protests in Iran. Perfectly fitting pieces of a puzzle.
They are all cowards so we know one place she isn’t going is Cairo.
Obama Administration Conveying Specific Reform Ideas to Mubarak > http://abcn.ws/fzGfrF
Oh THATS reassuring...
Agree- Iran’s unrest was a missed opportunity for democracy in the ME/Asia.
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