Posted on 08/16/2013 9:09:18 AM PDT by kristinn
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statement on President Obama’s comments concerning violence in Egypt:
“President Obama’s detached and abstract statement yesterday on deteriorating conditions in Egypt is only the most recent manifestation of this Administration's failed policy in that country. As there can no longer be any reasonable doubt that what occurred in July was a military coup, the first step is to send an unequivocal message that the United States is a nation of laws and suspend aid to Egypt.
“The United States has invested billions in Egypt since the Camp David peace accords, and should have significant influence with its government. President Obama, however, has squandered this leverage. In 2010, the Obama administration failed to pressure Hosni Mubarak to make an orderly transition to a more democratic system of government. Then it failed to extract any concessions from Mohammad Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood regime in return for the additional billion dollars in aid it inexplicably pledged. As Morsi’s rule became increasingly dictatorial, this administration failed to support those calling for more inclusive and tolerant leadership.
“When a military coup occurred, it failed to follow current U.S. law and suspend aid to Egypt, something that could have been done to encourage the new government to move swiftly toward democratic reforms. Not illogically, the Egyptian military took this as permission to act with impunity against the Muslim Brotherhood, which in turn is provoking violence and committing savage crimes against Coptic Christians.
“The one sentiment uniting these disparate groups—as President Obama noted in his remarks—is to blame the United States, the country that continues to pour taxpayer dollars into Egypt. The situation demands recognition that our country's current aid system is utterly and irretrievably broken. Not only are we giving arms and money to people who hate us around the world—in Egypt, we are managing to give arms and money in a way that makes our former friends hate us. It must stop now.
“When and if the United States does resume aid to Egypt, it should be clearly targeted at producing a result that is in the best interests of the United States, which would be a secular, inclusive and stable administration that supports Camp David and will be able to maintain the Suez Canal.
“But the President concluded his remarks, tellingly, with, 'We don't take sides with any particular party or political figure.' That was his policy in 2009 when he failed to vigorously support the Green Revolution in Iran. It was his policy in 2011 when he failed to swiftly call for the removal of the Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad when there was a unified, peaceful and secular opposition to him. And it has been the basis of the Obama Administration’s failed policy in Egypt, which, by refusing to use our leverage to advance U.S. interests and priorities, has contributed to that country’s descent into chaos.”
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Cruz is on the wrong side, again. This guy is a Rino.
Then he and others should go write a new law more suitable to our national interests IMHO. We should actually have the moral courage,to not just stand by some law for the law’s sake...but to write foreign policy laws for our national security’s sake. Our national security interests are in keeping the Suez Canal open, Egyptian peace with Israel and a stable regime. Morsi and the MB were doing none of those things....And in fact had threatened all of the above.
We should be coming out full throttle in support of the Egyptian military to restore order and crush the MB. What is wrong with just coming out in support of crushing a murderous, fascist ideology like the MB?
I love Cruz and Rand Paul, but this kind of rhetoric will only serve to give Obama cover in his feckless and dangerous foreign policy IMHO.
You make a good point about the lack of protection of the Christians,but you are way off base on the rest. You are comparing apples and oranges by equating the Muslim Brotherhood with the Tea Party for the sake of a hypothetical domestic argument? The Muslim Brotherhood and AQ are our enemies..PERIOD..and we should support any regime that would crush them. The left and Obama are in bed with the MB!! How is that even comparable to those of us who advocate crushing them?
Sorry. That is just not true. The democratically elected government was overthrown in an absolute Coup d’ eTat by the military on a pretense of something I can’t figure out and during the Morsi backed demonstrations to stop the coup, The Military started shooting THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS ( killing 700)!! This is exactly what Mubarak was murdered for doing. This is why Saddam Hussein was executed (for killing his own people). Where is the outrage? Where is Hillary when we need her ( this falls on her as a result horrible complicity in removing our friend Mubarak, to begin with. But lets don’t just avert our gaze from the atrocities against humanity now being meted out by the Egyptian military against their own people. What a disaster.
Overwhelmingly.
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A short overview what has happened in Egypt.
- Obama, took advantage of Egypt instability by helping push Mabarak out power.
- Egypt had a power vacuum that would be filled by the most organized group.
- Obama understood that the Muslim brotherhood would be that organization that would take power. Obama wanted them in power. Muslim Brotherhood goals are the destruction of Israel and to export International terrorism under the guise of Islam.
- The overwhelming Egyptian majority found that the Muslim Brotherhood were pushing them toward the hard ideology of Sharia law.
- The people revolted against the corrupt, Muslim Brotherhood government.
A short conclusion: the Muslim Brotherhood who were thrown out of power are a threat to Western Nations and Israel.
I would suspect that is because you seem to think that what has happened in Egypt is because of a violent Military overthrow of a legit government-ie a coup.
A military coup means the military runs the government. They didn’t and aren’t.
The Egyptian military stepped in and ousted the Muslim Brotherhood because the Brotherhood focused solely on establishing an Islamic Fundamentalist dictatorship, consolidating their power and destroying their enemies.
Morsi totally ignored anything that had to do with actually running the country and rapidly ran Egypt, a poor country with little margin for mismanagement, into the ground.
By the time the Military took over, Egypt was broke and had their food reserves run down to less than two months before they were gone, at which time Egypt would have been at major risk for mass starvation.
The military took over and secured about 10 billion in funding from the Oil States to buy food and float the country to prevent the looming catastrophe of mass starvation.
Either we stand for the rule law or we don’t. Aid is the same situation and in this case, I’m predicting a brotherhood run government in the future and we will be the ones who funded it.
Just this morning I saw on the street interviews on the BBC. Aside from the academics, most of the interviewees said they supported ousting Morsi but didn’t support killing their “Muslim Brothers”. The ground will shift again and we would do well to stand somewhere else.
The only aid we should offer is safe haven for the Christians.
Before we agree with Cruz’s remark, we ought to ask ourselves how FDR should have reacted if the German army, after Hitler gained full power shortly after the Reichstag fire, had deposed him and the Nazis. Just look at the MB. Whether it “won” a so-called election or not, it’s still a totalitarian horror that’s the nearest thing to the Nazi party and needs to be mercilessly eliminated, just as the Nazis were. The Mahdi’s sin isn’t his present dithering; it’s that he initially supported and enabled the MB in it’s seizure of power.
Cruz has done a 180, so it’s not mere ignorance he changed his tune. I am totally sickened by his support of the MB. WTH????
Two paragraphs of the July 3 article are below, the whole article is worth reading. He’s done a 180. Threats? Bribes? I do not get it!!!!!!
Our Friend in Cairo
Why does President Barack Obama persist in supporting Mohamed Morsy — and not the protesters?
BY TED CRUZ | JULY 3, 2013
On Sunday, June 30, millions of Egyptians turned out to protest President Mohamed Morsy and his Muslim Brotherhood-dominated regime. Fed up with his disastrous economic mismanagement and systematic disregard for constitutional freedoms, the Egyptian people took to the streets to demand his resignation. “Leave! Leave!” they chanted in what may have been the largest demonstration in the history of the Middle East — if not the world.
In what has to be one of the most stunning diplomatic failures in recent memory, the United States is — in both perception and reality — entrenched as the partner of a repressive, Islamist regime and the enemy of the secular, pro-democracy opposition.
[Hat tip to maggief for posting that on the Live Egypt thread this morning.]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3039526/posts?page=3539#3539
Human Events article
"Egyptians enraged by U.S. outreach to Muslim Brotherhood"
http://www.humanevents.com/2013/08/13/egyptians-enraged-by-u-s-outreach-to-muslim-brotherhood/
I frankly don’t care what you suspect. We all are responsible for ourselves when we face our maker.
“I’m predicting a brotherhood run government in the future and we will be the ones who funded it.”
What are you even talking about? Obama already helped install the MB in Egypt...lol. They were running the country after Obama helped remove Mubarak for cryin out loud! Did you miss the biggest demonstration in world history by the people in Egypt to remove Morsi and MB from power a few weeks ago? The military did what the people asked..they removed MB from power.
??WHAT in the world? You asked me a question and I answered. You are awfully defensive.
If you think that conservatives are not answering you, and want to know what I would guess the reason is for that, I will tell you IMO, it is most likely because they have surmised you don’t understand the situation and it isn’t worth their time.
If you didn’t want my opinion, why would you ask me? If you believe that God is telling you to speak out and claim that what has happened in Egypt is a military coup- then you should obey. Most people are not going to agree with you, so handle it with some grace, ok?
And you never did answer the question.
You may go now. LOL
Whatever you think of the Muslim Brotherhood, it was an overthrow by the military which we subsidize of a democratically elected government. We shouldn’t send them one damn cent....it’s the law. Besides that, it turns US rhetoric of democracy into a deadly farcee.
If Obama suspended the Bill of Rights and imposed Sharia Law, it would be up to the HOR to impeach him. It's not a good parallel, because in Egypt Morsi was elected because the voters wanted a country more in line with Muslim law.
That's the problem with just handing people free elections for our own benefit. The results may not go our way.
What is disgusting is Cruz siding with 0bastard and the MB.
I’m not surprised Rand Paul did, like father/like son.
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