How I miss Cheney (and Reagan). Those were the days, when we had adults in the White House and an administration whose goal was to defend America, not undermine it.
This Enemy we are fighting now is so different than the Cold War, I don’t think that Cold War Warriors need apply.
They were Diplomats.
This is a Blood War with a Death Cult the sooner we understand it the less damage will be imposed on the innocent.
You can’t negotiate anything with these folks except your life.
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I miss you, VP Cheney, and I wish you well and thank you. I so miss President Bush as well.
It’s like we skipped a few generations in just one stinkin’ election.
Being American, and Americans-—and taking pride in those facts-— used to mean something. I will say prayers that they still do.
Zer0 should be warning the Egyptian people about the dangers of mob rule and promoting the democratic process as the best way to solve their problems. A coup d’état born out of anarchy no road to success. Our president should be promoting the best way out of Egypt’s crisis. And he should have known in advance what was going to happen in Egypt so that the Muslim Brotherhood did not wrestle control away from the democratic will of the Egyptian people.
Remember I said I wished Cheney were in charge of this mess? Now I really wish it. I bet Obama’s beginning to wish so too. The putz.
Good for Cheney. Bush needs to come out and say something too.
As usual, the Republicans currently employed by us are MIA on this matter.
This has been my attitude from day 1 of these troubles while others were getting emotional about it.
And there's a reason Obama is conducting himself in full public view. He wants the Arab and Muslim streets to see what he is doing.
He is campaigning...he is telling the street that he is already the most powerful man in the world...and that he is on the side of the coming fundamental islamic revolution in the ME and the establishment of the Caliphate.
And guess who he (Obama) believes will be the Caliph?
Mr Cheney looks awfully thin. I worry about him.
I think President Obama should have stayed out of the entire mess. It is not for us to say anything. Remember when Mexico President made comments about what America should do. There was complete chaos on this site. President Obama should have said nothing and let Egypt control their own mess.
About friggin time. VIVA MUBARAK!
I disagree. Mubarak was a convenient thug. We need to stop propping up people like Mubarak. It is a fruitless endeavor and it keeps the Middle East from going through the change that is needed to eventually bring it into the modern age. I used to believe in the idea that we have to maintain stability in the Middle East to protect our interests in resources and Israel but eventually you have to tally what it has gotten you. We are paying out billions in Aid to regimes that are filthy rich in Oil money. Israel is no closer to resolving its conflict with the constantly antagonistic and chronic victims the Palestinians who receive billions from the world and still manage to live like rats. We have our military building domestic infrastructure in a country with oil reserves that rival Saudi Arabia and not a mention of ever recovering costs.
The America tax payer is being duped by these internationalists like Cheney. I respect him more than Obama but I’m not going to go on with the facade that has just cost us blood and treasure and tied us up in knots in the MiddleEast while crippling domestic energy development.
Let us consider what will happen if the Middle East is allowed to go through its natural path. The old arab aristocracies fall and the old dictators are purged. The people finally have a say in these countries that are majority Muslims. Is the daily life in these countries going to change? Not really but a crucial step will have been taken. Iran is gloating now but the religious theocracy will not hold forever. These Islamist countries will never approach the America flavor of Democracy but they will reflect the will of their people and that is a place to start from. If we accept the horrid notion that some people are too horrid to govern themselves then it gives strength to the liberal/socialist cause that people need centralized management of their lives.
Will the flow of Oil be interrupted? I’m sure it will but let us think about the opportunity that will offer us. It will totally decimate the leftist opposition to domestic energy development. Rolling blackouts, energy rationing will kill socialists leftist dreams and finally open up the political path to a Domestic Energy Renaissance in the US.
The other positive is that the wall that we are approaching with entitlements, debt, and the deficit will be hit. The impact to the economy will be significant and suddenly we will be faced with the dire reality of having to cut govt to the core. I consider that a good thing.
We can deal with Islamists that hate us. Israel is strong and would be stronger if we didn’t muzzle them. The one thing we can’t do is pretend that we can hold humpty dumpty together indefinitely. We are deluding ourselves. What we can do is stop pretending we can control things we can’t, take the pain, and end up with a stronger country for it.
The left will be decimated if oil hits $200 a barrel for any significant amount of time. It is time to embrace history and stop hugging tyrants. The dominoes are in place for great change here as well as the Middle East. It is time to let them fall.
VP Cheney’s statement, which I heard for the first time this morning, is a breath of fresh air in the current frenzy over the “crisis” in Egypt.
The O’Barack administration, as usual, is badly mishandling foreign policy either by stupidity or by design. His publicly calling for Mubarak to step down was a huge blunder.
Egypt was barely on anyone’s radar until the mobs took to the streets. When Christians were killed IN CHURCH at Christmastime in Egypt, the story came and went as barely a blip on the international screen.
Now that there is general violence in the streets of Cairo, already dubbed a “revolution” by a sympathetic media, Mubarak is the world’s Bad Guy.
Does ANYONE currently so very concerned about the “plight” of the Egyptian people recall EVER caring about them BEFORE?
At last! Thanks for posting this! I’ve been amazed at the hyperbole going on the last week about Mubarak. “He should leave NOW! Nothing else will appease the protesters except Mubaraks departure!” It’s as if Obama,Hilary Clinton and some other dim wits think Egypt is one of our territories.
Hosni Mubarak has held Egypt together for over thirty years. His methods may not be all sweetness and light but he served Egypt and obviously loves his country. AND, unlike Barrack Hussein Obama, Mubarak HONORED HIS ALLIANCES!
Hosni Mubarak is an Egyptian. How dare Obama and Hilary be so arrogant as to demand he leave the country of his birth! He has already said he will not run again and has stated the reason he has to stay until September so their constitution can be lawfully changed. He has also said that he is an Egyptian and that he will die on Egyptian soil. I believe him. Frankly, dictator or not, I think he has more honesty and love of his country in him than our President does.
Can we expect Obama to pack up Moosechelle and the kids and leave the United States when we vote him out of office?
Obama is looking forward to forming a new government in Egypt with his Muslim brothers. I suppose we are going to give him the benefit of the doubt once again while he takes America even further into the abyss.
Two years of Obama and his “strange bedfellows” has brought us to the edge of the cliff. I don’t doubt that two more will send us over.
The protesters that are yelling in the street can’t name anyone they want to speak for them. If it is left to them, the country will desintigrate, just what the Muslim Brotherhood wants.
I’m beginning to think I’d like to see Mubarak win a little more time. I’d like to see him air his views on our own “Dear Leader” and his ability to uphold his end of a bargain.
Yeah, the best money can buy. That $70 billion we gave Egypt over the years? Apparently Mubarak stole it all.