Obama quickly moving to stifle this outbreak of common sense in Washington. “Intelligence panels cut off aid to Syrian rebels by restricting funds,” by Julian Pecquet and Jeremy Herb for The Hill, July 9 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): House and Senate Intelligence panel members have voted to block President Obama from arming Syrian rebels, committee […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood spokesman leads crowd in chant of Obama slogan “Yes, we can!”
Paying tribute to the Brotherhood’s greatest contemporary benefactor. Thanks to Dalia Ezzat.
Obama calls for Muslim Brotherhood to be included in Egypt’s political process
Funny how he never called for supporters of Mubarak to be included in the post-“Arab Spring” political process. “Obama Call for Muslim Brotherhood Role Overtaken in Egypt,” by Nicole Gaouette and John Walcott for Bloomberg, July 5: The Obama administration’s call for an “inclusive” political process in Egypt with a role for the Muslim Brotherhood […]
Robert Spencer: Egypt: Now what?
In FrontPage today I assess the situation in Egypt: Few analysts expected that the demonstrations in Egypt over the past few days would result in such a swift toppling of Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood regime, and no one can be sure of what is going to happen next in Egypt, but there are […]
Egyptians blame Obama for Morsi repression
With good reason. “CNN: Egyptians Blame Obama for Morsi Repression,” by David Lev for Israel National News, July 4: Egyptians have been protesting by the millions against now ex-President Mohammed Morsi, but there have been other noticeable themes among protesters — specifically, the anti-American theme. While Morsi’s dictatorial ways and bumbling of the economy have […]
“It’s A Revolution..Not A Coup, Mr. Obama!”
Headline in English in an Egyptian newspaper. But will he listen? (Thanks to Max Strasser)
Right-wing extremism among Egyptian protests: “Obama supports terrorism”
How did racist, bigoted right-wingers infiltrate these Egyptian protests? Via Twitter (thanks to Clyde)
Muslim Brotherhood-linked, pro-Hamas Sheikh visits White House
And Pamela Geller and I are banned from Britain. The world is upside down. “Exclusive: Banned Cleric’s Outspoken Deputy Visits White House,” by Steven Emerson and John Rossomando for IPT News, June 26: Radical Egyptian cleric Yusuf Qaradawi is considered so radical that the United States bans him from entering the country. Qaradawi, considered the […]
Egyptian pro-democracy activists angry over U.S. envoy’s comments criticizing anti-Muslim Brotherhood protestors
They’re angry now — just wait until they’re facing U.S. soldiers trained in riot control. Obama appears to want to preserve the Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt at all costs. “Egyptian activists angry over US envoy’s comments,” from the Associated Press, June 21 (thanks to Kenneth): CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian anti-government activists have expressed outrage […]
Obama sending U.S. soldiers to Egypt to put down anti-Muslim Brotherhood riots
As demonstrations and revolts swept the Muslim world during Obama’s first term, he was enthusiastic. He had encouraging words for the “Arab Spring” demonstrators in Egypt and Tunisia, and even gave military assistance to their Libyan counterparts. During the third and last debate of the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney and Obama sparred over which […]