Posted on 09/13/2012 7:43:56 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama Says Egypt Neither Ally Nor Enemy By Devin Dwyer | ABC OTUS News – 1 hr 6 mins ago
President Obama says the U.S. would no longer consider the Egyptian government an ally, "but we don't consider them an enemy."
In an interview with the Spanish-language network Telemundo, less than 24 hours after violent mobs stormed American diplomatic outposts in Cairo and Benghazi, Libya, Obama said the new Muslim Brotherhood leadership in Egypt was still "trying to find its way."
"They were democratically elected. I think we are going to have to see how they respond to this incident, to see how they respond to maintaining the peace treaty with Israel," he said.
Egyptian security forces were slow to respond to attacks on the U.S. embassy Tuesday night when crowds infiltrated the compound and tore down the U.S. flag. The incident occurred shortly before an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya left four Americans dead. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi did not offer a public response to either incident until 24 hours later.
"What we've seen is that in some cases, they've said the right things and taken the right steps. In others, how they've responded to other events may not be aligned with some of our interests, so I think it's still a work in progress," Obama told Telemundo. "But certainly in this situation what we're going to expect is that they are responsive to our insistence that our embassy is protected that our personnel is protected. And if they take actions that indicate they are not taking those responsibilities like all countries do where we have embassies, I think that's going to be a real big problem."
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Far cry from: “You’re either WITH us, or AGAINST us”...
:-(
Sort of like Barack is neither Christian nor Muslim.
Yep. I would say ex-ally, now an enemy would be far more accurate.
A challenge to FReeper graphic artists ... Photoshop a picture of clowns tumbling out of a clown car, superimposing Obama, Hillary, etc., on the clowns.
bttt
Post turtle Barry
Telemundo? Our country has experienced an act of war and there are violent anti American clashes breaking out all over and the POTUS talks to ... Telemundo.
Are the teletubbies from there?
Jimmy Carter ‘malaise’ speech coming soon. LOL
No need for a debate on who lost Egypt now.
Obama should never speak without his teleprompter.
Arab Spring turns into Obama’s Fall
List of MNNAs (Major non-NATO allies)
The following countries have been designated as major non-NATO allies of the United States (in order of their appointment):
Named by George H. W. Bush
Australia (1989)[3]
Egypt (1989) [3]
Israel (1989)[3]
Japan (1989)[3]
South Korea (1989)[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_non-NATO_ally
Michael Medved said Egypt was officially declared by the government to be a major non-NATO ally about 20 years ago along with Australia, Japan, South Korea and Israel. I guess President Barry just nullified that policy.
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