Obama is unlikely to support the Cairo opposition, at his peril
…Obama believes he is achieving regional stability by strengthening Morsi’s hold on power.
Obama approved a recent delivery of over 20 F-16 fighter jets, and has continued the annual military and economic aid. Furthermore, he has kept relatively quiet over Morsi’s undemocratic maneuvers in consolidating his party’s position.
However, this policy has risks. Almost every day, news reports emerge from Egypt demonstrating that Morsi continues to act against US national interests. Just last week, Morsi gave Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a glorious reception and kisses on the cheek. …
According to analysts, Obama’s objective is to manipulate Morsi, using US aid, into following US interests, and he justifies this policy by citing the moral imperative of respecting the results of Egyptian elections.
However, Obama appears to be favoring a regime at odds with American interests at the expense of supporting an opposition that has elements more closely aligned with those interests.
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“Once that caliphate encompasses the entire Middle East, it’ll be Shangra-La.”
/Barack Hussein Obama
Bitter Clinger on February 13, 2013 at 11:54 AM
Heh, the muzzie brothers are Obama’s brothers. He has the entire world snookered.
Schadenfreude on February 13, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Support the opposition? The US administration is full of MoBro fanboys and Muslim moles. The opposition in Egypt now oppose God if you grant Allah God status. (Allah seems a better fit for the role of Satan, what with his skill at maiming and stunting the human soul, but that’s just me.) “The future doesn’t belong to those who defy Allah*.”
*some respected Muslim Scholar said….
BL@KBIRD on February 13, 2013 at 12:14 PM
Obama, agent of lucifer, will do whatever is best for his terrorist friends. No Not Bill Ayers or Rashid Khalidi, but the Muslim Brotherhood.
tom daschle concerned on February 13, 2013 at 12:17 PM
This is what Democracy looks like!
nobar on February 13, 2013 at 12:27 PM
Quite amusing. Obama wants to support the anti-American dictator for stability. But didn’t support the pro-American dictator for the same reason?
It’s almost as if these statist want to do whatever they want, consistency and rules being for the rubes that they rule.
besser tot als rot on February 13, 2013 at 12:32 PM
I have come to the conclusion that the entire Muslim world is just plain nuts.
SC.Charlie on February 13, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Because Obama is the head of the USA chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood…
albill on February 13, 2013 at 1:31 PM
Obama is a Muslim Brotherhood stooge.
Ward Cleaver on February 13, 2013 at 2:49 PM
Yep the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated this administration and Obama fully supports them..heck the former FBI Agent John Guandolo just said recently that John Brennan is a Muslim and he converted to Islam while he was in Saudi Arabia…I think I believe him..Obama clearly favors Islam over anything revolving religion
sadsushi on February 13, 2013 at 9:00 PM