[Trumpinator]

Without detailing how the US would spark these protests, Pickering noted that the US could not be seen to have had a hand in fomenting the rallies, instead suggesting that Washington employ non-governmental groups and third parties to "help."

Oh, like what happened in the Arab Spring? I am sure the Clinton State Dept had no hand in those either.

[Brad from Tennessee]

[Oh, like what happened in the Arab Spring? I am sure the Clinton State Dept had no hand in those either.]

Great point. Obama is supposed to have met with members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood around the time of Mubarak's ouster.