US to Egypt: Stick to election plan, even if it favors Islamist parties

I’m not saying become isolationist. I’m saying that people around the world are going to make decisions on whom they want to be in power. It’s none of our business. We have no say in the matter who gets elected dog catcher in Moscow. The people that have to live under the rule of the president get to decide.
They didn’t elect anyone over here. We don’t get to take that decision from them.
It would be great if a guy friendly to the US was in there. But that’s not always possible. The people that live there do NOT want the military in charge. They want elections. They spent weeks fighting and dying to get Mubarak out of there. They are fighting and dying right now to protest what they see as the military going back on their word by trying to delay the election.

And, no. Despite the debt and everything, I’m sure you would rather not live under a military dictatorship than deal with Obama. We can make sure he loses his job in 2012. With the military, we wouldn’t have that luxury. Democracy has worked in this country for 222 years. Why not let other countries have that as well? They aren’t children. And the more that we treat them as children, the more they are going to resent us as a country, and hate Americans.

What would you think about Castro or Chavez saying “We don’t like Herman Cain at all. We don’t think he should campaign for President. We think that the election should be cancelled and Obama should be your glorious leader for the indefinite future. He shares our beliefs and he is someone that we can work with.”
You’d tell them to mind their own business.

What would you do if they elected someone that you don’t like? Sanctions? Bombing? Having the military keep delaying the elections?

Freedom is great. Democracy is good. It’s just not ok for everyone to have, right?

I’m not saying at all that we should stick our heads in the sand. Where did I say that? Of COURSE we’re going to look out for our interests overseas. That’s pretty much a given. What I’m saying that the people that live in that country have a right to pick their own leaders. If they want friggin’ Santa Clause, then Santa is going to be their President, and there’s not a damn thing that we can, or should, do about it.
We need to work with whomever they choose. Just like they work with whomever we choose.

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