http://egypt.usembassy.gov/mobile/pr021013.html - Anne Patterson gave that speech at the Rotary Club and it was the nail in her coffin. They've called her every name in the book since and deservedly so...this guy is already nailed.
Posted on 08/07/2013 1:32:57 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A little over two years ago, on July 8 2011, a convoy carrying the then US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford made its way through army checkpoints to the besieged city of Hama, then the center of protests against the rule of the Assad regime. The surprise visit was seen as the first concrete sign of US support for the Syrian opposition. …
But these days, the veteran US diplomat is being showered with invective and diatribe—on Twitter. The latest social media campaign against Ford was sparked by media reports over the weekend that US Secretary of State John Kerry had recommended the former envoy to Syria as the next US ambassador to Egypt. But a number of Egyptians on Twitter were having none of it. …
“The new sponsor of terrorism in Egypt,” tweeted one user, referring to the US career diplomat. Another warned, “Watch out Ford, if you come to Cairo .. You won’t be an ambassador .. You will b a target”. …
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
This inept admin. has destroyed the economy.
They’re doing the same with foreign relations.
A bunch of idealistic amateurs that have no clue.
http://egypt.usembassy.gov/mobile/pr021013.html - Anne Patterson gave that speech at the Rotary Club and it was the nail in her coffin. They've called her every name in the book since and deservedly so...this guy is already nailed.
I didn’t know they were replacing Patterson
The Rotary Club........ Business men
Rotary is symbolic of the unmentioned Egyptian forces of money and economic power that have wrested control from the wackos. This tiny blurb is the only mention I have seen of the real forces in charge
“We will track these murderers down.....ah....and do whatever it takes to.....ah....bring them to justice.....”
“First.....we will put a filmmaker in jail.”
...on July 8 2011, a convoy carrying the then US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford made its way through army checkpoints to the besieged city of Hama, then the center of protests against the rule of the Assad regime... "The new sponsor of terrorism in Egypt," tweeted one user, referring to the US career diplomat. Another warned, "Watch out Ford, if you come to Cairo .. You won’t be an ambassador .. You will b a target"
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