White House Disavows Cairo Apology (Free Republic broke embassy apology story)

Politico ^ | Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | Byron Tau

[kristinn]

The White House is disavowing a statement from their own Cairo embassy that apologized for anti-Muslim activity in the United States.

"The statement by Embassy Cairo was not cleared by Washington and does not reflect the views of the United States government," a senior administration official told POLITICO.

The U.S. embassy in Cairo put out a statement early Tuesday that apologized for an anti-Muslim film being circulated by an Israeli-American real estate developer.

"The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions," the embassy said in a statement published online.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the film depicts the Muslim prophet Muhammed as a "womanizer, pedophile and fraud" — depiction bound to offend many Muslims.

The embassy came under widespread criticism for failing to defend free speech in the face of threats of violence. Egyptian protesters rioted anyway, breaching the embassy walls and tearing down the American flag.

"Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a Tuesday statement.

[roses of sharon]

philipaklein With @USEmbassyCairo maintaining the morning statement “still stands,” harder for Ds to use defense that it was issued before attack

5 minutes ago

[DManA]

The apology is still up at the embassy web site:

http://egypt.usembassy.gov/pr091112.html

[arrogantsob]

April Glaspie anyone?

[arrogantsob]

There is no question that he was a pedophile having married Aisha when she was 7 and consumated the marriage at nine.

[mass55th]

They want another do-over?

[Chgogal]

What comes out of the White House is takiyya.

[GeronL]

Green Eggs and Islam? nah

Muhammandeggs and Me?

I have no clue. I think I am getting tired.

[Billthedrill]

Screen shot taken, and I thank you. That soon will disappear down the media memory hole.

[DManA]

a senior administration official told POLITICO

But don't tell anybody I told ya. Just for once tell us this weasel's name.

[DManA]

According to @81 they are standing proudly by this b.s.

[DManA]

Talk about an administration in disarray.

[kabar]

The Cairo press release had to be at least approved by NEA or someone in NSC. I served with Ambassador Patterson in Riyadh. This does not sound like something Anne would have written or approved. It looks like the product of a political appointee who is more concerned about the domestic political impact than an experienced diplomat.

It would be interesting to learn who crafted and approved the press release. Hillary will throw Anne under the bus regardless.

[Blue Highway]

She looks like the spawn of Pelosi

[plain talk]

According to the Wall Street Journal, the film depicts the Muslim prophet Muhammed as a "womanizer, pedophile and fraud" — depiction bound to offend many Muslims.

The Hadiths confirm the first two without any doubt. That is not up for debate. The only item for discussion is whether he was a fraud. A reasonable person could conclude this but it is debatable. He may not have intended fraud but might have been insane.

I have read many of the Hadiths. There is no way a person could reasonably conclude Muhammad was anything special unless they are just messed up or forced to accept that faith. Unlike Jesus' stories where there is incredible creativity and brilliance there is none of that with Muhammad. He was just a violent pervert

[Blue Highway]

I wonder if Ryan is champing at the bit to make the kind of statement about this gutless wonder in charge called Obama, that Romeny is too timid to make himself?

[W. W. SMITH]

How do you manage to restrict yourself to less than two hours a day? Between here and face book (not everything makes it to Free Republic) I spend about ten hours a day. I do have an excuse, I’m old and disabled and a surly curmudgeon.

[tumblindice]

"Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a Tuesday statement. Translated: Some say blah blah blah but we really screwed the pooch here blah blah blah bring me a double and tell Huma to get her a** in here. Just damn .... Bipolar disorder: A mood disorder sometimes called manic-depressive illness or manic-depression that characteristically involves cycles of depression and elation or mania. Sometimes the mood switches from high to low and back again are dramatic and rapid, but more often they are gradual and slow, and intervals of normal mood may occur between the high (manic) and low (depressive) phases of the condition. The symptoms of both the depressive and manic cycles may be severe and often lead to impaired functioning.

[dila813]

lol.......careful

[a fool in paradise]

According to the Wall Street Journal, the film depicts the Muslim prophet Muhammed as a "womanizer, pedophile and fraud" — depiction bound to offend many Muslims.

Truth hurts when their antiChrist warlord is revealed.