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Allies Thwart America in Egypt
Wall Street Journal ^ | August 19, 2013 | Adam Entous, Charles Levinson, Ellen Knickmeyer

Posted on 08/20/2013 7:35:35 AM PDT by kress

Israel, Saudis and U.A.E. Support Military Moves

The U.S.'s closest Middle East allies are undercutting American policy in Egypt, encouraging the military to confront the Muslim Brotherhood rather than reconcile, U.S. and Arab officials said.

The parallel efforts by Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have blunted U.S. influence with Egypt's military leadership and underscored how the chaos there has pulled Israel into ever-closer alignment with those Gulf states, officials said.

A senior Israeli official called the anti-Muslim Brotherhood nations "the axis of reason."

The Obama administration first had sought to persuade Egyptian military leader Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi not to overthrow the elected government of President Mohammed Morsi and then to reconcile with his Muslim Brotherhood base.

Gen. Sisi has done the opposite—orchestrating the president's overthrow and a crackdown in which over 900 people have been killed since Wednesday—reflecting his apparent confidence in the Egyptian government's ability to weather an American backlash, U.S. and Arab officials said.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: benghazibarry; copticchurch; copticchurches; copts; egypt; iran; israel; kenyanbornmuzzie; lebanon; muslimbrotherhood; randsconcerntrolls; saudiarabia; syria; waronterror
Israel is aligned with the Saudis and the U.A.E. against the Muslim Brotherhood and the US government aligns with the MB...

The world is truly upside down.

1 posted on 08/20/2013 7:35:35 AM PDT by kress
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To: kress

It shows how Obama has shrunk our influence in the world, even among our allies.


2 posted on 08/20/2013 7:36:52 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: kress
It isn't all that complicated:

Israel, Saudis and U.A.E. see Al Qaida as a threat.

ObaMao sees Al Qaida as an ally.

3 posted on 08/20/2013 7:38:03 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: kress
It's not America's policy.

It's the policy of Mullah 0bama.

4 posted on 08/20/2013 7:38:13 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: kress
encouraging the military to confront the Muslim Brotherhood rather than reconcile

Good plan.
Confront and destroy.

5 posted on 08/20/2013 7:38:46 AM PDT by grobdriver
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“Allies Thwart America in Egypt.”

No.

“Allies Thwart Obama in Egypt.”

Let’s be clear about this. Obama’s interests are not the same as America’s interests. Egypt and its allies are more than aware of this, and while they respect America, the same cannot be said of Obama.


6 posted on 08/20/2013 7:39:15 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Be Brave! Fear is just the opposite of Nar!)
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To: kress

They are thwarting OBAMUGABE....not the American people.

Too bad 99% of the American media is stuck in their Obama worship mode 24/7.


7 posted on 08/20/2013 7:41:14 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: kress

It is NOT American policy.

Is Brack Hussein’s policy.


8 posted on 08/20/2013 7:41:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: kress

Obama’s backing of the MB here should send shivers down the spine of every US Senator — but I don’t think many of them have one anymore.


9 posted on 08/20/2013 7:44:54 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: kress

They’re smart. They see what’s happening in Iraq and Afghanistan AND Syria with AQ.

Wipe them out while they have a chance at it.


10 posted on 08/20/2013 7:47:22 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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11 posted on 08/20/2013 7:47:42 AM PDT by SJackson ( The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. BF)
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To: kress

Imagine how “complicated” our US policy is gonna get when Egypt is not interested in emergency support when we need to transit the Suez, and Saudi and the Gulf are not interested in investing in our bonds or permitting overflights or base support

maybe obama is doing more to bring together the Israelis and the arabs than his predecessors


12 posted on 08/20/2013 7:52:48 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: Vigilanteman

“O” is succeeding in making the US irrelevant.

For America, it will be a long road back from THIS administration.


13 posted on 08/20/2013 7:54:07 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
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Maybe he's been cutting the American military because he can see a strong military rising to oppose him should he call for martial law.

He facilitated it in Egypt.

Remember when he said something about 'if the winds changed' he would side with the Muslims. Something like that, I don't have the quote next to my computer, but I'm going to post it at my desk for handy reference.

The guy is Muslim - Muslim Brotherhood-style. There are pictures of Obama meeting with MB's in the White House.

And, his treatment towards Israel is so apparent. He sees Netanyahu as a pest and has said as much as that when he was speaking to a Russian diplomat. I'm pretty sure it was Russia - At any rate, he told a world leader something about having to deal with Netanyahu daily, like it was a big honking deal; a cross he had to bear, I guess.

Obama "Danger".

14 posted on 08/20/2013 8:42:51 AM PDT by hummingbird (THE LIBERTY AMENDMENTS by Mark Levin. He's got a great plan!)
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I know the statement you are referring to. I agree.

As for “...deal with Netanyahu daily, like it was a big honking deal...”, I get the impression that tying his own shoes is a big honking deal for “O”.

“O” is and has always been inimical to the United States. There should NEVER have been a single American voter who misunderstood this.

There were many and to their eternal shame, WE have to live with the consequences!

15 posted on 08/20/2013 8:50:50 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
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To: kress

bkmk


16 posted on 08/20/2013 9:17:21 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: kress
they know a halfbreed traitør pussy when they see one !
17 posted on 08/20/2013 9:28:05 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: kress
Muslim Brotherhood = American allies??

Obamas allies. Not mine!

18 posted on 08/20/2013 12:03:17 PM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Allies, yeah, good one. Zero’s allies are the Mo-Bro-Hood, those murdering cousins of his in his Kenyan birthplace, some guy named Al Kaidah, another one named Al Jazeera, and anyone else with his fly open and an open jar of petroleum jelly in one hand.

Thanks kress.


19 posted on 08/20/2013 5:05:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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