In other news, the fox has rejected calls to close the hen house...
This is the Egypt that Kerry wants to build an Iraqi army. Great model to follow.
Gee, Ed Gomez is a clever little weasel, isn't he?
I swear NONE of those things EVER occurred to me.
Aren't we just so lucky that Mr. Gomez is on our side?
Typical sort of whining and Monday-morning-quarterbacking you'd expect from some know-it-all in San Fran.
Mo-bar-rick is a dictator for life. Always was, always will be till he dies of natural causes or someone puts a bullet between his eyes or blows up his 1972 Toyota pickup limo truck.
Aid is central to Washington's relationship with Cairo. The US has provided Egypt with $1.3 billion a year in military aid since 1979, and an average of $815 million a year in economic assistance. All told, Egypt has received over $50 billion in US largesse since 1975.
If the President is serious about what he said during his address he'll zero out aid to Egypt in the next budget he sends to Congress.
Why bother having a ballot if your the only one on it?
"As Iraqis vote, Mubarak rejects direct elections in Egypt; . . ."
Does anyone besides me think that the fact this is even being discussed is a tremendous victory for George W. Bush?
So, I'm familiar with Democracy's, Republics, despotic government, tyrants, monarchies, etc. What do you call this, where the govt nominates candidates but they can only serve if acceptable to the people?