McCain: I strongly disapprove of Morsi’s Jew-hating rhetoric but let’s give Egypt billions in aid anyway
posted at 9:31 pm on January 16, 2013 by Allahpundit
To repeat a point made previously, U.S./Egyptian codependency is such that this guy could start wearing an S.S. uniform around Cairo and American diplomats would find a way to downplay it. “He’s just pandering,” “he’ll moderate in time,” “we’ll talk to him” — anything we can say to preserve this relationship and what little leverage we have over the region’s ascendant Islamist nutbags will be said. Here’s McCain, fresh off of a meeting today with Morsi, choosing door number three:
McCain said the delegation voiced its disapproval and had a “constructive discussion” with Morsi…
The delegation clearly sought to move beyond the unexpected diplomatic flap to focus on Egypt’s economy. McCain told reporters the congressional delegation will push for an additional $480 million in budget assistance to Egypt.
All of us are supportive,” he said. “We are working hard to try to see that this money is forthcoming.”
Economic and social collapse in Egypt will only make things easier for jihadis so the money must continue to flow. And American media will help to make that go down relatively smooth. National Journal has some spin tonight that I wasn’t expecting: They acknowledge that, yes, Morsi does mean what he says about hating Jews, but that’s okay because the hatred will become “inoperative” as the new Islamist Egypt and Israel are forced to coexist. Will it? Is Hamas’s hatred “inoperative”? Was Arafat’s inoperative after years of U.S. attempts to broker peace in the 1990s? The reason regional hatred for Israel is more or less “inoperative” is because the IDF has the capability to blow its enemies to smithereens if challenged. If that balance of power ever changes, you’ll see how inoperative the hatred is. But for now, let’s keep the charade and the foreign-aid bribes going for another few decades in the vain hope that liberal democracy will flower at last.
Now, go see how much Obama’s support for the Arab Spring has done for opinions about the U.S.
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Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:42 PM
Bishop!
nobar on May 6, 2013 at 10:42 PM
Cheated, thrice.
nobar on May 6, 2013 at 10:42 PM
Six plus change..
Thanks Obama..
Electrongod on May 6, 2013 at 10:43 PM
Phuck that shite, kill it DEAD!
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:43 PM
nobar on May 6, 2013 at 10:42 PM
Nice try!!! ;)
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:43 PM
*clink*
Electrongod on May 6, 2013 at 10:44 PM
Prison, carnage, disease?
It’s gonna cost even more in human life.
AllahsNippleHair on May 6, 2013 at 10:44 PM
Scrumpy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KCB on May 6, 2013 at 10:44 PM
Electrongod on May 6, 2013 at 10:44 PM
* clink * :)
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:45 PM
Boy that narrow senate win for flake really has him spooked. Knocking heritage?
crrr6 on May 6, 2013 at 10:45 PM
I bought a 6 pack of Mike’s Hard Lemonade, and I just discovered it was actually Mike’s LITE Hard Lemonade.
Yuck.
portlandon on May 6, 2013 at 10:45 PM
Benghazi-911
It’s gaining mojo.
SparkPlug on May 6, 2013 at 10:45 PM
KCB on May 6, 2013 at 10:44 PM
Do YOU see what time it is!!!! ;)
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:45 PM
portlandon on May 6, 2013 at 10:45 PM
yeuuuuuuuuuuu horror of horrors!!!
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM
Benghazi was like 100 years ago!
portlandon on May 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM
Bill Ayers Is A Fvcking Liar
And, I’ve made sure to let Billy Boy, old buddy, old pal, know that he’s been busted as a lying, moral-equivocating smear merchant, as well as the author of the article in the Ohio paper that interviewed him.
Resist We Much on May 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM
Because there are none, pencil neck!
Gawd, Arizona can pick them. /
AllahsNippleHair on May 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM
It prolly has nutrisweet chemicals in it. Nutrasweet gives me headache
SparkPlug on May 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM
SparkPlug on May 6, 2013 at 10:45 PM
Wednesday can’t come soon enough!!
Think C-SPAN will carry it? Damn I hope so…
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM
We can’t afford to support any more freeloaders,
we don’t have enough jobs for our own legals,
we don’t need any more imported Jihadis,
we need to lock down the borders and force the churches to stop importing third world savages who beat their wives, drive like crap, and refuse to assimilate,
we have enough home grown anti American idiots we don’t need to import more so the taxpayers can support them,
watch carefully any who vote for this are either Rats building their base of takers and dependents, or fools too stupid to be entrusted with public office, all must be defeated!
ConcealedKerry on May 6, 2013 at 10:49 PM
You watchin’ your figure? /
AllahsNippleHair on May 6, 2013 at 10:49 PM
AllahsNippleHair on May 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM
Phluck Flake too…
*spit*
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:49 PM
Probably.
All I know is it’s 80+ degrees here today, it’s hot and now I have to drink diet liquor.
And it’s only Monday.
portlandon on May 6, 2013 at 10:49 PM
Tin soldiers and baracka’s comin’
Ambassador’s on his own…
Lanceman on May 6, 2013 at 10:50 PM
Yeah Right. When I die, I’m donating my body to science….fiction
portlandon on May 6, 2013 at 10:50 PM
Electrongod on May 6, 2013 at 10:50 PM
Because there are none, pencil neck!
Gawd, Arizona can pick them. /
AllahsNippleHair on May 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM
No shite!
bazil9 on May 6, 2013 at 10:50 PM
A nation of men, not laws.
Burn the Constitution and all the law books, they’re just making it up as they go along now.
Rubio can pound all the sand of the Sahara.
Bishop on May 6, 2013 at 10:50 PM
The argument is that the “benefit” side should be increased, because a larger workforce purchases more food, and the food suppliers receive more profit . . .
I’m not sure every economist understands the net movement of money.
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 10:50 PM
Agreed.
*kicks dirt*
AllahsNippleHair on May 6, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Not having my voice sucks. I sound like i’ve smoked for decades. Stupid laryngitis.
nobar on May 6, 2013 at 10:51 PM
…I like this side of you too!
(:->)
KOOLAID2 on May 6, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Can’t wait for Obama’s explanation of how 30 million low skill, uneducated, non-English speaking people added to the country would actually reduce the debt. Makes perfect sense if you’re an idiot.
crrr6 on May 6, 2013 at 10:51 PM
They will finally answer the question of the missing link. :)
AllahsNippleHair on May 6, 2013 at 10:52 PM
Rot in hell, Rubio.
Midas on May 6, 2013 at 10:52 PM
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM
Can’t wait. Wed is Fire Marshall appreciation day. Might be on CSPAN.
SparkPlug on May 6, 2013 at 10:52 PM
Good evening fellow HotAirians!!!
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:52 PM
It’s shocking. I have never seen a political party commit suicide as fast as these Republicans as of late.
What kind of polling are they seeing that persuades them go so far to the left?
portlandon on May 6, 2013 at 10:52 PM
*clink*
Do you need a refill? :)
Electrongod on May 6, 2013 at 10:53 PM
KOOLAID2 on May 6, 2013 at 10:51 PM
;-D I like all your sides
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:54 PM
Those poor, poor illegals many of whom have been here for years and and years, yet they can’t speak a word of English. (Actually, they refuse to, but if you make ‘em they will. I know from personal experience).
SouthernGent on May 6, 2013 at 10:54 PM
The Heritage Foundation study fails to account for the increased debt and spending, due to liberals winning every election.
El_Terrible on May 6, 2013 at 10:54 PM
Electrongod on May 6, 2013 at 10:53 PM
yeah I do! SC on the rocks!! Ty muchly :-)
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:55 PM
I’m taking the Atchafalaya basin, and the Red River about two hundred miles north. Attempt no landings there. You guys can carve up the rest of it as you’d like.
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 10:55 PM
Its going to be much higher than $6.3 trillion.
El_Terrible on May 6, 2013 at 10:55 PM
There had better be justice in the next world, cause there damn sure isn’t any in this one.
Midas on May 6, 2013 at 10:56 PM
My wife’s a school teacher. These schools cater to the spanish speaking kids. They don’t teach them english, they demand the teachers and staff learn spanish.
Parent teacher conferences with their parents is a hoot. They have to have translators there. From Kindergarten all the way to High school.
What world is this?
portlandon on May 6, 2013 at 10:56 PM
…FLUKE OFF!YOU FLUKEN FLAKE!
KOOLAID2 on May 6, 2013 at 10:56 PM
And the loss of revenue from some red states checking out of the union.
crrr6 on May 6, 2013 at 10:57 PM
LOL..
Electrongod on May 6, 2013 at 10:57 PM
portlandon on May 6, 2013 at 10:56 PM
Belongs to th aliens now
*spit*
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:58 PM
That Tour’e clip above makes me want to bash my head into a wall:
“Open Borders will reduce Muslim Poverty that is threatening our society.”
WTF?
portlandon on May 6, 2013 at 10:58 PM
May be our only chance to survive this.
I used to think that kind of talk was silly. Not anymore.
Midas on May 6, 2013 at 10:58 PM
Electrongod on May 6, 2013 at 10:57 PM
High be I lmao…
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 10:59 PM
Hi, Scrumpy! Nicely done. Keep an eye out for drones, though.
wolfsDad on May 6, 2013 at 10:59 PM
We need to bankrupt the nation to show illegal aliens we forgive them for hating us.
Or something.
profitsbeard on May 6, 2013 at 10:59 PM
wolfsDad on May 6, 2013 at 10:59 PM
Thanks!
Drones what dro…………………….
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 11:00 PM
We need to give back California..
Anyone oppose this?
Electrongod on May 6, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Hell is too good for that Judas.
TxAnn56 on May 6, 2013 at 11:02 PM
Electrongod on May 6, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Only one O_o
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Resist We Much on May 6, 2013 at 11:03 PM
…d a m n !
…they’re already on page 51 in the Gulch…seems like Bmore had just turned the AARP page!
KOOLAID2 on May 6, 2013 at 11:04 PM
Flake was the best we had. The guy primarying with him was a dem plant. Ben Cardin.
I lost friends over arguing about Flake. He’s good on a lot. But mccain got him on the rest.
wolly4321 on May 6, 2013 at 11:04 PM
http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2013/05/bill-ayers-is-liar.html
:/ Pretty bizarre.
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 11:04 PM
Dang it flake
Arrrgghh
cmsinaz on May 6, 2013 at 11:04 PM
We need to beat another drug addict and let the trash burn down the state. Then, they can have if.
AllahsNippleHair on May 6, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Well, however much Rubio ends up paying, it won’t be his fair share which by right should be at least half of it.
VorDaj on May 6, 2013 at 11:07 PM
Illegals pay taxes ? Really ?
How do they do that ?
By getting tax-refunds on their fake SS#s ?
burrata on May 6, 2013 at 11:08 PM
Yeah . . . but Landrieu’s butt is as glued to her chair in a way that’s difficult to accept.
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 11:08 PM
I guess so. He obviously thinks conservatives are real stupid.
VorDaj on May 6, 2013 at 11:09 PM
Link me the gulch again? I want to see a 51 page thread. :)
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 11:10 PM
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/25/report-palin-parts-ways-with-fox-news/comment-page-51/#comments
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 11:11 PM
An anti-American giving other anti-Americans cover. This in and of itself makes Rubio worse than all the other gang of eight members and Obama combined. He is the Plague.
VorDaj on May 6, 2013 at 11:11 PM
*as glued to her chair
as, say, Harry Reidin a way that’s difficult to accept.bad edit. :)
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 11:11 PM
OMG!
nobar on May 6, 2013 at 11:13 PM
‘Toon of the Day: Now, Would I Say Something That Wasn’t True? I’m Asking You, Sugar, Would I Lie To You?
Resist We Much on May 6, 2013 at 11:13 PM
And since the Three Loud Mouths, Levin, Limbaugh and Hannity still will not denounce Rubio, they are de facto on the side of amnesty and the demise of the Republic.
VorDaj on May 6, 2013 at 11:14 PM
:) Crazy.
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 11:14 PM
nobar on May 6, 2013 at 11:13 PM
The Gulch is happening during the day :-)
QOTD The Glade rocks at night!!
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 11:14 PM
How did it get to this point?
Our Country is cornered by the illegals they let in and FAILED
to do their job.
Who has the power? Obvious.
More please.
bazil9 on May 6, 2013 at 11:14 PM
AMNESTY!!!!!! Goodbye United States……..Hello North American Union.
And you think with a recent Pew poll showing 25 million Mexicans would be willing to cross the border illegally to get on the Federal Teat that this nation would not become a borderless “ideal” as Bush 43 called it????
This Amnesty bill with the open borders we have is nothing more than TRAITOROUS to the Republic. I’m sorry the gop is just in bed with Business interests on this one.
PappyD61 on May 6, 2013 at 11:15 PM
Today we must all be aware that political expediency and latino ethnicity takes precedence over rule of law and constitutional procedure. However you say – WTF ! – what does this mean… in relation to the tabulation whereby we must once again realize that the great reconquesta story is now being rehearsed before our very eyes, in the rise of Marco Rubio… indicating that only a two-faced … I mean a bi-faced … I mean a bi-polar … I mean a bi-lingual hombre can receive…the award for reconquesta, unlike Kenyan Hussein Obama whose reconquesta plans don’t drink water.
Amigos – comrades – muchachos – friends, we are gathered here as an edifice of the great glory that is now vanishing and the intuitive feeling, based on the assumption as Mencken once said, “He who underestimates the American public will never go broke.” This is merely a small indication to behold and to perceive that which has gone way into the behind and to that which might project .. I mean go forward … out of the mouth … i mean .. the future…we’ve got to rip up the constitution so we can rip down those outdated borders! This is the main deterrent upon which we have gathered our strength and all the others who say, “What the hell did that get?” – We don’t know.
And as Miller once said in one of his great novels- what did he … that language is only necessary when bilingual communication is endangered. And you sit there bewildered, and Pinter who went further said “It is not the lack of communication, but fear of communication.” That’s what the damn thing is that we fear – communication – especially all the Spanish communication that’s even on a box of Wheaties now. Damn it! But we have no paranoia, and through all this Senator McCain has attained, and has created for himself serenity, and it is only his insanity that has kept him alive in his senility.
Senors y Senoritas, Ladies and Gentlemen. The time will come when a first world America will outlive its usefulness. Marx, either Groucho or Karl, I can’t remember which, maybe it was both or maybe it was Harpo, once said that America is the opiate of the people. I say that when America outlives its usefulness and becomes a majority latino nation , then opium…will be the opiate…Ahh that’s not a bad idea… we are going to need that badly especially when the booze runs out …
And the completely unbiased and bi-partisan panel, has determined to give the grand prize to Marco Rubio for his EARNESTY’S RAINBOW. Now EARNESTY’S RAINBOW is a token of this man’s genius…he told me so himself and repeatedly …that he could change perceptions by calling his plan for knocking down those pesky borders EARNESTY …in other words, he could have been more specific, but rather than allude to an articulation of the mundane, he has come to the conclusion that brevity is the importance of our nation’s shallow first world existence. God damn!
Marco Rubio’s . EARNESTY’S RAINBOW – is a small contribution to a certain degree, since there are over seven billion people in the world today. 450 of them … million live in the United States and Mexico which is a very, very small amount compared to those who will be miserable and dying elsewhere…Well, I say that you will be on the road to new horizons, for we who live in a society where citizenship is a commodity and a politician can become a TV personality, it’s not easy to conform if you have any morality…I, I, I said that myself many years ago…
But I do want to thank la Raza…I mean the RNC … I mean the DNC and it’s subsidiary the RNC, the organization for the $1,000 in affirmative action latino scholarships they’ve given out…tonight they took in over $4,000,000, but they do have expenses for their consultants you know, and I think that I have another appointment. I would like to stay here, but for the sake of brevity I, I must leave. I do want to thank you, and I want to thank Marco Rubio – acting el Presidenta of la Raza Mexiamerica and also Mr. Obama – acting Pharaoh and Drone Commander of the World – and also I want to thank Professor Irwin Corey and thank you. …
RasThavas on May 6, 2013 at 11:16 PM
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 11:14 PM
Yeah but it’s nice :-D
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 11:16 PM
Someone hand this woman a head of lettuce, a tomato, and a fork.
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 11:17 PM
Hannity loves Rove and Gingrich, so that doesn’t surprise me,
The other two make me sick.
AllahsNippleHair on May 6, 2013 at 11:17 PM
…thanks Scrumpy!
KOOLAID2 on May 6, 2013 at 11:18 PM
Look at the very bottom pic and see the faces of those who would deal a death blow to America. I don’t expect Rush and Levin to embarrass Rubio in public, on the air, but a WTF phone call might be in order.
arnold ziffel on May 6, 2013 at 11:19 PM
Just needed to test … been a goofy night in browser-land.
Greetings to the QOTD !!
pambi on May 6, 2013 at 11:19 PM
What a stupid article
Making tens of millions of semiliterate illegal welfare cases citizens is beyond stupid
It is suicide
My grandparents came over and received ZERO public assistance.
They stayed and worked their entire lives
And what paid taxes are we expecting from these lowskilled folks?
Ever hear of EITC?
It’s just a crap welfare scheme. Direct payments.
Perfect for poor semiskilled peons with grannies and lots of kids.
TexasJew on May 6, 2013 at 11:20 PM
Me love Marco Rubio. Me going to name my next 6 sons after him and make him my whole extended family’s patron saint. We will still always vote democrat early and often of course.
NoBordersJose on May 6, 2013 at 11:20 PM
KOOLAID2 on May 6, 2013 at 11:18 PM
Ok!! :-)
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 11:21 PM
Is the left really trying to convince me we couldn’t have inserted a SEAL Team into benghazi on the coast in less than about 1 hour? That there weren’t alert 5 floating off the coast? 10 minutes out?
We lit the place up with Tomakawks. ALL of Libya is on the coast.
All it would have taken is the word go. Break some glass with F-16′s first. Call in a AC-130 gun.
It’s all bullshit.
wolly4321 on May 6, 2013 at 11:21 PM
KOOLAID2 on May 6, 2013 at 11:18 PM
Uh oh did bad thing :-(
Scrumpy on May 6, 2013 at 11:21 PM
…I have a hard time being mad at Levin…and if I see Senator Senile and Graham Cracker on Fox once more!…I’m going to wreck a TV!
KOOLAID2 on May 6, 2013 at 11:22 PM
You should call him the Patron Saint of Reach Arounds.
AllahsNippleHair on May 6, 2013 at 11:23 PM
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 11:17 PM
I would prefer a cleaver and a pig.
bazil9 on May 6, 2013 at 11:23 PM
TV ads featuring Rubio running now…barf. Go. Away.
Jackalope on May 6, 2013 at 11:23 PM
What did you do? I can’t find anything.
Axe on May 6, 2013 at 11:23 PM
Pathetic little men who put Rubio ahead of their own country.
VorDaj on May 6, 2013 at 11:24 PM
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