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Africa North
Clinton NOW calls for reform in Egypt
2011-01-26
The US secretary of state said Egyptian government should allow protesters to demonstrate over poverty and repression.
Finally checked the wind vane and anemometer, did she?
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has said that widespread anti-government protests over poverty and government repression in Egypt represent an opportunity for the 30-year administration of president Hosni Mubarak to implement "political, economic and social reforms to respond to the legitimate needs and interests of the Egyptian people".

In unusually blunt remarks regarding the longtime US ally, delivered on Wednesday, Clinton also said that the Mubarak government should not prevent peaceful protests or block social networking sites such as Twitter or Facebook, which have helped Egyptians plan and spread news about the unrest.
Could have said this in the beginning, Hilde, and kept some of the protesters thinking that we'd support them against repression and tyranny. But no, you and your boss value 'realpolitik', even if that means keeping people in chains.
Posted by:Steve White

#9  Carter 2.0
Posted by: CincinnatusChili   2011-01-26 23:04  

#8  Everything in this admin is a remake- the next JFK, Sputnik, START, Vietnam, Bush Bailout, Bush Tax Cuts, HillaryCare.

Maybe Mubarak could go dinnerjacket-thumping people around, that seemed to garnish the sympathy of the Oh Crew. And for an Admin which ran on (at least publically) not meddling in other nations' affairs seem to have an official opinion about every effn thing and so consistantly increase the instability Ivory Coast should be glad they slipped under the radar.

But I'm not concerned about State and diplomacy gaffes, not getting used to it its just after watching a drunk monkey on frozen banana peels just not surprised to see shit on the walls. Not downplaying what seems to be a fairly upset crowd and people getting hurt, I'm throwing out the obvious what happens if the canal closes scenario, then it gets international real quick.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-01-26 22:09  

#7  Duh! How about calling for Secularism.

Why is Mubarak under pressure? On 9-11 there were 19,000 muslim brotherhood animals rotting in Egypt's prisons. After 8 years of the "islam is peace" president, that was down to 1,000. The State Dept worked for "inclusion" of said animals in the country's political system.

Hell, I don't want them to vote; I want them to die. A sane US President would indulge an Islamonazi turkey shoot in Egypt, and pay for the bullets.
Posted by: Jack Angurong1317   2011-01-26 21:33  

#6  Shah of Iran Part II (Another Donk Production - because the Best and Brightest are on hand at State*)

*So, that reset button went back lot further than they thought.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-01-26 20:42  

#5  I heard part of her speech. She called on the Egyption government to allow the people to protest peacefully. The problem is the protests have long since passed the peaceful stage.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2011-01-26 19:20  

#4  yes, the Hildabeast and the Obama admin have been inept on this

however, it really doesn't matter

Carter said lots of 'don't repress the people' stuff and we all know the rest

The fact is that most of the Egpytian 'street' just hates America and has no problem saying so. Of course a lot of the Egyptian street hats the Islamists too but they don't dare say so (at least when using their full legal name).
Posted by: lord garth   2011-01-26 18:24  

#3  Starting to get that bad feeling, and not just because State has been on the wrong side of every issue.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-01-26 18:01  

#2  In the nick of time to help Egypt fall into the hands of the Moslem Brotherhood. Imagine a second Iran.
Posted by: Shereter Poodle9774   2011-01-26 18:00  

#1  Day late and a few thousand injuries too late, bitch.
Posted by: DarthVader   2011-01-26 17:50  

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