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A National Embarrassment
Posted on 03/24/2011 5:17:51 PM PDT by bushwon
The Syrian people should follow Egypt’s lead and the country’s army should “empower a revolution”, Robert Gates, US secretary of defence, said as thousands marched in a southern city.
Mr Gates made his comments – some of the toughest remarks to date by a US official about the rule of Bashar al-Assad, president – on a day of further upheaval in the Middle East and beyond.
The White House signalled that it was preparing for a change in power in Yemen, where it has been allied with the government of Ali Abdullah Saleh, president. Officials also said Nato had neared a deal to take over command and control of the military operation in Libya, after a dispute within the alliance.
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"The Syrian people should follow Egypt’s lead and the country’s army should “empower a revolution”, Robert Gates, US secretary of defence, said as thousands marched in a southern city.
Awww...I think Hussein’s team really thinks everyone gives a $%^& what they think.
Gallup DOES have a “worldwide” poll out showing how great the “world” thinks Hussein is...of course, his numbers in America and among world leaders stink.
Maybe Hussein and Gates can go community organize in Nepal.
Oh My God.
What are these guys thinking?
The whole Middle East will be up in flames by the time Obama is done, with Iran in charge.
What are these guys thinking?
The whole Middle East will be up in flames by the time Obama is done, with Iran in charge.
There is clearly an agenda here, and it is getting very frightening to speculate the end game...
Think about it...The “lighting up” of the middle east seems to have started in Tunis at the end of January! “
So you don’t think it is troubling that we have administration officials encouraging revolutions?
‘The Syrian people should follow Egypt’s lead and the country’s army should “empower a revolution”, Robert Gates, US secretary of defence, said...’
I think it is very serious and very inappropriate. Interesting how there was not a peep out of any of them in summer of 09 when there was a true democracy uprising in Iran. Hmmm.
Muslim Brothers must be loving this.
I am beginning to wonder if they have a direct line in :(
Muslim Brothers must be loving this.
This time it is actually an Iranian ally that is in trouble instead of a US ally.
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A National Embarrassment
So how many middle east countries are on fire since end of January? I have lost count...Let’s see, we have Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt, and now Syria. I feel like I have left some out....
IMHO, the ultimate grand-prize may be Saudi Arabia.
I think it is important to look at the allegiance of the protestors...what seems to be very common is that our administration sides with the most radical islamics—in Egypt’s case, that was the demonstrators, in Iran’s case, it was the established government. In Libya’s case, it would be the radicals. Am I seeing a pattern starting to emerge?
Since when does SECDEF do crazy shit like this?
We don’t have a SECOFF last I checked.
Well put!
Good question?!
???
At a loss for words here.
“Maybe Hussein and Gates can go community organize in Nepal.”
I’m really fond of Nepal, how about the Gobi desert?
Indeed, I was truly stunned when I read the headline.
I am not sure that this has ever been done before?!
But with this bunch, this is twice, first with Egypt and dear leader’s ‘rise up’ comment and now this comment?! Of course we are having a “kinetic” intervention” or whatever they are calling it in Libya as well.
Just stunning :(
Did Gates check with Dinner Jacket first?
According to article:
The Obama administration as a whole has been careful to avoid the language of regime change when dealing with the Middle East and it was not clear if the White House shared Mr Gates’ sentiments.
Would add the question: Is this even legal?
Obama changed the name to SecRev while no one was
looking.
I wonder what an ‘inert’ intervention looks like.
Oh! Like Wisconsin!
SECREV
lol
What if the defense minister of Syria said: “The American People should follow Egypt’s lead and the country’s army should empower a revolution.”
Sedition is the stirring up of rebellion against the government in power.
This bozo Gates has lost his marbles. He is guilty of sedition in Syria.
“Indeed, I was truly stunned when I read the headline.
I am not sure that this has ever been done before?!”
Good point...and just why shouldn’t the same apply here. If the Tea Party can mass enough people, then Obama CLEARLY needs to step aside...by his own rules.
Yeah, but did he say it to their face?
Like in Orwell’s Animal Farm, some rules are more equal than others....
You should ask the mods to add [SecReV] to the title.
Rosco can fix up the Che/Gates insignia the Department will need now.
With dead’s tickletoes help, but somebody needs to ping roscoekarns since I can never spell his name right.
You could add Libya and Bahrain.
Thanks! Thot I had Libya, but I forgot about Bahrain. Just amazing isn’t it!
So how many middle east countries are on fire since end of January? I have lost count...Let’s see, we have Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt, and now Syria. I feel like I have left some out....
Of course Libya and also Bahrain!
IMHO, the ultimate grand-prize may be Saudi Arabia.
It’s quite a list and possibly still growing.
Sadly, I believe you are correct! I can’t help but wonder and worry about the wizzard(s) behind the curtain orchestrating all this “democracy”
Maybe it will finally be time to settle up with Iran. Any revolution in Syria will be a bloodbath orders of magnitude greater that Libya and Egypt.
Sadly, I believe you are correct! I can’t help but wonder and worry about the wizzard(s) behind the curtain orchestrating all this “democracy”
Islamist Group Is Rising Force in a New Egypt
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2694333/posts?page=11#11
You effing morons. Where do you get off inciting insurrection in another country?
You effing morons. Where do you get off inciting insurrection in another country?
I am not even going to make the comparisons between the two administrations.
These people are lunatics. What’s next? Someone shoots an ambassador and it’s game on for the 3rd time?
Someone throw me a clue. I’m pretty dang’d intelligent and overly read but even I can’t figure out what the end game is on this from our side.
I get it from the Moslem Brotherhood perspective but we are acting like Jepetto and pinochio all at the same time.
Creatively dumb.
I hope Jack Wheeler’s got something that provides some illumination on this tomorrow but I can’t figure out why the Middle East is going from the Shiite bag it already was to a cesspool of excrement and a field vomit concurrently.
According to article:
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Look deeper ... patterns within patterns ... players conspicupus by their absence ...
We’re on the same page. I don’t understand what I said that made you think otherwise. :)
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