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Posted on 01/28/2011 9:14:48 AM PST by SE Mom
From FOX:
DEVELOPING: Loud explosions and gunfire were heard in the Egyptian capital of Cairo Friday, as protesters demanding the removal of President Hosni Mubarak defied a curfew, Al Jazeera reported. Egyptian television reports the ruling party headquarters in Cairo are on fire.
From TWITTER:
WashingtonPost: Clinton: We urge #Egypt authorities to allow peaceful protest, reverse unprecedented steps it has taken to cut off communications less than 20 seconds ago
;)
Hey, MaObama beat them to it. He said the same thing yesterday. Then, quickly got back to his Basketball game.
Get out while you can: U.S. warns tourists in Egypt to leave as soon as possible as violence spirals
From twitter:
Saudi king: Obama totally agrees with me that the protestors are at fault in Egypt and serving sinister goals http://bit.ly/gSOqFi
8 minutes ago via web
(I suppose we have to get O’s views from the Saudi King.)
Is this the contingency plan?
They don't even have a Military option planed, which should have been in place over a week ago. Our ships, planes and troops should have already been there standing by.
This has now escalated into utter Chaos because there is no grave sense of law and order.
” I’m betting Biden and Hillary are on one side and Bambi is on the other “
Boy, that’s almost the definition of “Lose-lose”......
I just wish folks wouldn’t wait around for the gov’t to save their butts.
I suspect you're right, and it's probably even worse than that.
They are obviously interested in trying to maintain stability and, without giving them too much credit, protect Israel and Western interests in the ME. In his earlier words to ME audiences, Obama has already signalled that he is not interested in this and it's a (bad) new day in DC.
Right now he's grudgingly saying what they want him to say, but only too late and ineffectually. And at some point, he may simply shrug them off and come out with some completely bizarre statement of his own. He's a loose cannon.
FWIW, I don’t think we know enough to assume incompetence on the part of the admin.
I saw a video on CNN yesterday about an American 23 y/o girl and her father who arrived in Egypt 4 days ago during the protests and were warned at the airport. She’s been watching (can see the bridge) from her hotel window.
They asked if she was leaving, and they said “no, were hoping to make some of our tours before we go’.
OMG!
That’s interesting! He apparently contacted Obama (or maybe it was the other way around) and offered his opinion as the “guardian of the two sacred mosques.” Maybe that will make an impression on Obama.
Speak for yourself, I have a pretty good handle on what and why this is happening.
That's true - it's possible that there are things going on behind the scenes. Nonetheless, it does seem as if this caught them completely by surprise, and they certainly give the impression of not having a really coordinated response.
Appears that way. And for some other ME News per twitter:
Southern Sudan Votes For Secession By 99 Percent : NPR http://n.pr/eCfBSD #Intelwire
Yemeni Protests Turn Violent During Egypt-Solidarity March - WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/fedZKr #Intelwire
By the way, Good Morning everyone! What’s for breakfast?
(Can’t stay long, gotta run soon)
” Good Morning everyone! What’s for breakfast? “
Good Morning, HollyB..
I think there’s some leftover pizza from the overnight crew over there in the corner... ;)
Now, that the real motive of all of this is starting to unfold, she suddenly is not sure that “Democracy” will win and now is voicing her concern.
Remember 1979 when the Shah of Iran was overthrown? And what emerged under the guise of “Democracy”?
And now for a different view from the CFR who we can always count on for propaganda of one sort or another:
~snip~
The natural inclination in Washington will be to seek some way to influence the process of change so that it is less damaging to U.S. interests. Forget it. There is nothing Washington can do. Change is coming to the Arab world because of its own internal problems and contradictions. Arabs are writing their own narrative and Washington would do well to make a strong statement in favor of the democratic aspiration of the people and then back off. Washington should expend its diplomatic efforts accommodating itself to the realities of a changed Middle East, not trying to change it.
Steven A. Cook is the Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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