Posted on 08/19/2014 6:41:27 PM PDT by Dave346
CAIRO - Egypt on Tuesday urged U.S. authorities to exercise restraint in dealing with racially charged demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri - echoing language Washington used to caution Egypt as it cracked down on Islamist protesters last year.
U.S. foes Iran and Syria also lambasted the United States, but while they are frequent critics of Washington, it is unusual for Egypt to criticize such a major donor. It was not immediately clear why Egypt would issue such a statement.
Ties between Washington and Cairo were strained after Egyptian security forces killed hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters following the army's ousting of freely elected President Mohamed Mursi in July 2013.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry's statement on the unrest in Ferguson read similarly to one issued by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration in July 2013, when the White House "urged security forces to exercise maximum restraint and caution" in dealing with demonstrations by Mursi supporters.
The ministry added it was "closely following the escalation of protests" in Ferguson, unleashed by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman on Aug. 9.
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Communists are Machiavellian by the way and will either pal up to Islamists or treat them worse than dirt, depending on the political advantage.
Yes they are poking at Obama.
The current Egyptian government has a beef with ours because of our implicitly backing the Muslim Brotherhood in their last go-around. And various criticisms of the behavior of the current Egyptian government.
They may be in for a shock when they are beheaded.
Will they offer to send a peace keeping force?
Didn’t they send pizzas to Occupy Wall Street?
Yes, you’re right...
Continued dislike of the Great Satan on the street.
They don’t do that daily in Iran either.
Why would they, when Mullah This and Mullah That are all busy gibbering their adoration for some form of Islamic hatred?
Not even a very competent “Satan” any more.
what’s the old saying? - “Turn about is fair play.”
Clearly Egypt knows that this is another stunt. The Dog and Pony shows directed by the Obama Admin. and presented by the enabling media are predictable. The media is controlled and we are NOT free. The enemy is the entity hiding behind the curtains that funded this fraud.
We are a laughingstock.
The puppets behind Obama tried to impose the Muslim Brotherhood on Egypt. No Bueno. God’s going to cut Obama’s handlers down.
Ooooohhhh! that’s gonna leave a mark! lol
It’s just a case of “Missouri Spring”.
A-Sisi, goof for you!!
The Egyptians are still fighting the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, in the Sinai and at Gaza. Now they're fighting them in the White House!
Very funny.
Good for them.
thanks egypt, i needed a laugh. we’ve got it under control, thanks for weighing in.
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