Posted on 02/10/2011 3:51:21 PM PST by kristinn
...NBC News' Chuck Todd reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldblog.msnbc.msn.com ...
...and Europeans.
What trust and strength our country has built up over the years has been destroyed in 2 short years. It will take so long to gain it back. He is either one of them, or he is so naive it’s dangerous!
” ...and Europeans. “
....and pretentious American wanna-be-sophisticates...
They would get him to write a statement if they could get his hand to stop shaking.....
yeah right, and she is a lawyer too...lol, give me a break
Is he trying to have the last word like what a child does?
I just wish he would just shut up. He makes everything worse every time he does something.
The Egyptian people have been told that there was a transition of authority, but it is not yet clear that this transition is immediate, meaningful or sufficient. Too many Egyptians remain unconvinced that the government is serious about a genuine transition to democracy, and it is the responsibility of the government to speak clearly to the Egyptian people and the world. The Egyptian government must put forward a credible, concrete and unequivocal path toward genuine democracy, and they have not yet seized that opportunity.
As we have said from the beginning of this unrest, the future of Egypt will be determined by the Egyptian people. But the United States has also been clear that we stand for a set of core principles. We believe that the universal rights of the Egyptian people must be respected, and their aspirations must be met. We believe that this transition must immediately demonstrate irreversible political change, and a negotiated path to democracy. To that end, we believe that the emergency law should be lifted. We believe that meaningful negotiations with the broad opposition and Egyptian civil society should address the key questions confronting Egypt’s future: protecting the fundamental rights of all citizens; revising the Constitution and other laws to demonstrate irreversible change; and jointly developing a clear roadmap to elections that are free and fair.
We therefore urge the Egyptian government to move swiftly to explain the changes that have been made, and to spell out in clear and unambiguous language the step by step process that will lead to democracy and the representative government that the Egyptian people seek. Going forward, it will be essential that the universal rights of the Egyptian people be respected. There must be restraint by all parties. Violence must be forsaken. It is imperative that the government not respond to the aspirations of their people with repression or brutality. The voices of the Egyptian people must be heard.
The Egyptian people have made it clear that there is no going back to the way things were: Egypt has changed, and its future is in the hands of the people. Those who have exercised their right to peaceful assembly represent the greatness of the Egyptian people, and are broadly representative of Egyptian society. We have seen young and old, rich and poor, Muslim and Christian join together, and earn the respect of the world through their non-violent calls for change. In that effort, young people have been at the forefront, and a new generation has emerged. They have made it clear that Egypt must reflect their hopes, fulfill their highest aspirations, and tap their boundless potential. In these difficult times, I know that the Egyptian people will persevere, and they must know that they will continue to have a friend in the United States of America.
RESIGN Barack Obama.
Who do you think will be the one to actually write it?
Princeton...LOL!
A strongly worded letter?
Well, ain’t that special.
Only an hour late this time. He’s doing much better.
It would have been nice if Obama had felt this strongly about the Iranian protestors and their right to a democracy.
WHAT A FRAUD.
Well, I can dump on Michelle ("...this is the first time I am proud of America...") Obama for a lot of things -- but handwriting isn't one of them. I've always had poor penmanship skills, and they've degraded over the years (as I just send notes via a keyboard). I agree her smudged note looks pretty bad - but I'll have to take a pass on criticizing her on this point.
So does he. Where did these people come from? Nobody, and I mean NOBODY who was raised in the United States writes the date in that format.
What a joke.
Obama. Not the “written statement.”
Whoa...
An American president has just publicly given direct orders to the president of another country that was...our ally.
Well, I forgot about the military. I also forgot about the years when Michelle and Barack both served in the military. Simple oversight on my part.
“So let it be written. So let it be done.”
True or false: Egypt is a sovereign nation, capable of governing itself.
Uhhh... the US military, for starters.
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