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Zbigniew Brzezinski Tells Morning Joe Obama Didn’t Really ‘Blow It’ On Egypt
Mediaite ^ | 12/15/11 | Mark Joyella

Posted on 02/15/2011 8:55:42 AM PST by Nachum

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Guess it all depends on what the meaning of "Blow" is...
1 posted on 02/15/2011 8:55:46 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Now that the Egyptian military has decided to include the muslim brotherhood in setting up the government, I’d say blowing it is understating the fact.


2 posted on 02/15/2011 8:58:45 AM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Nachum
Try to educate Mika and she'll tell her daddy and give him the show uninterrupted and unchallenged to contradict you.
3 posted on 02/15/2011 8:59:02 AM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: Nachum
The fact is the United States and the White House weren’t all that central to the events in Egypt.

We weren’t that central to these events.

We don’t know how this is going to turn out, so let’s be very careful whether it’s a triumph or a massive setback. We just don’t know.

In linguistics, these are called hedge words or phrases. They usually indicate that the speaker does not have confidence in what they are saying. Other examples are actually and basically.

4 posted on 02/15/2011 8:59:46 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Nachum
Zbigniew - not much smarter than his daughter.

Why would anyone turn to this proven loser for analysis?

5 posted on 02/15/2011 9:00:20 AM PST by skeeter
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“Hi there. I’m Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski. But my friends, former president Carter
and others just call me: Zigrkwxzlqhtkviewrltujvzxwaplekberlaxpretzlpwyrie’.


6 posted on 02/15/2011 9:01:38 AM PST by tumblindice (Alex, I'd like to buy a bowel.)
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To: Nachum
Berserksy was one of the architects of the last big overthrow operation (Iran / Shah / Kohmeany).
7 posted on 02/15/2011 9:02:29 AM PST by de.rm (" . . . . those fools couldn't blow up a balloon without our help.")
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To: Nachum

The line from the Movie the Godfather comes into play when Michael Corleone tells Frank Pentangeli, that his Late Father gave him this advice: “Son, keep your friends close but your enemies closer”. Just a guess but I think this might be a strategy that the Egyptian Military is adopting.


8 posted on 02/15/2011 9:02:44 AM PST by seoul62
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To: Nachum

"Daddy...a mean guy made me look stupid yesterday...(sniffle, sniffle)"

9 posted on 02/15/2011 9:06:35 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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“The fact is the United States and the White House weren’t all that central to the events in Egypt."

Translation: We were powerless to influence events in the Middle East.

This did not go unnoticed by either our friends or our enemies.

10 posted on 02/15/2011 9:06:39 AM PST by Palmetto Patriot (Just exactly when is the next Election?)
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So Dr. Brzezinski, would you call this a success? Would you say MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?
11 posted on 02/15/2011 9:07:05 AM PST by McGruff (If you tell a lie enough times some people will come to believe it.)
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To: Nachum
Much as I dislike Newsweek, I'll read this guy's article to see what he thinks we should have done/do in Egypt. I know he just left Israel and I suspect he thinks that Israel and the U.S. should have sent in troops to protect the Mubarak regime, which is probably the only way the regime could have been saved.

Obviously, Israel decided against that strategy and I support Israel in that decision.

12 posted on 02/15/2011 9:07:42 AM PST by Walts Ice Pick ("I'm not going to shut up!" - Sarah Palin)
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He effectively said "We didn't blow it, because we weren't relevant."

Which is to say, we blew it.

13 posted on 02/15/2011 9:08:07 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Happy Hour starts when we say so!


14 posted on 02/15/2011 9:09:46 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: kbennkc

What a predictable rebuttle! Mika phones home.


15 posted on 02/15/2011 9:11:21 AM PST by RitaOK
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To: Nachum

Guess it depends on who your daughter is.. :-)


16 posted on 02/15/2011 9:11:29 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: skeeter

Jimmy Carter did and look what happened in Iran. In all fairness to Daddy Brzezinski, we still don’t know how Iran will turn out either. It was only in 1979 that the Shah got booted while Zbiggie and Jimma did nothing. Who knows, in another 35 years or so Iran may be a success. More likely it will be a nucelar wasteland when Israel is forced to take Ammanutjob and the mullahs out in a pre-emptive strike.


17 posted on 02/15/2011 9:12:04 AM PST by milwguy
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To: Nachum

He’s a piece of crap he belongs to the International Crisis Group with soros, elbaradei.

http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/about/~/link.aspx?_id=AFAAD992BC154C93B71B1E76D6151F3F&_z=z

http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/about/board.aspx


18 posted on 02/15/2011 9:12:38 AM PST by FromLori (FromLori">)
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Carter didn’t REALLY blow Iran, either.


19 posted on 02/15/2011 9:15:25 AM PST by rbmillerjr (I will not, under any circumstances, vote for Mitt Romney....none.)
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To: milwguy
Who knows, in another 35 years or so Iran may be a success.

There are thousands in the streets over there right now trying to help the process along, but if one listens only to this administration and the mainstream news media one would never know.

I guess they're tired of 'pro-democracy' rallies now.

20 posted on 02/15/2011 9:16:57 AM PST by skeeter
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