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Kerry Seeks Egypt Aid In Battle Against Extremists
2014-09-14
[Ynet] US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
on Saturday hailed Egypt is an "important partner" in the emerging coalition aimed at beating back the turban Islamic State group, while stressing that the need for Cairo's support would not lead Washington to ignore human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
concerns.

During a visit to Cairo, Kerry referred to Egypt as "an intellectual and cultural capital to the Moslem world," saying it has a "critical role" to play in denouncing the harsh ideology of the Islamic State group, which has seized much of northeastern Syria and northern and western Iraq.
Is Egypt capable of projecting forces that far away? Can they be spared, given Egypt's little problems in the Sinai and on its southern border?
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  With a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in the WH, most unlikely.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-09-14 08:33  

#2  Perhaps this is a different Egypt than the one we just recently pissed off.

As tw points out, the Egyptians seem to have their hands full. A sign of desperation on our part, mayhaps. Lord knows the Turks are not going to step up.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-09-14 01:07  

#1  After spitting in Egypt's face?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-09-14 01:02  

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