Well, folks... here you go... excerpts interspersed with my commentary...
(The link above will take you to the full speech...)
While Mohammed Morsi was elected president in a
democratic election, his government was not inclusive and did not respect the
views of all Egyptians.
* AND OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION IS INCLUSIVE...???
* YEAH... FOLKS... I'M BEING A WISEASS... BUT THINK ABOUT
IT! OBAMA'S OVERALL JOB APPROVAL IS NOW AT 44%; WHERE IS THE
"REPRESENTATION" OF THE OTHER 56% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WITHIN THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION?
We know that many Egyptians, millions of Egyptians,
perhaps even a majority of Egyptians, were calling for a change in course. And
while we do not believe that force is the way to resolve political differences,
after the military's intervention several weeks ago, there remained a chance
for reconciliation and an opportunity to pursue a democratic path.
* BUT THERE WAS FORCE EMPLOYED! THERE WAS A MILITARY
COUP! AND YOU DIDN'T COME OUT AGAINST IT, MR. PRESIDENT! INDEED, YOU REFUSED TO
CALL THE COUP A COUP! AND... FURTHERMORE... YOU KEPT ON FUNDING THE EGYPTIAN
MILITARY WHICH HAD CARRIED OUT THE COUP!
* AGAIN... WISEASS COMMENT... BUT... IN A SENSE OBAMA
SEEMS TO BE MAKING A CASE FOR HIS OWN OVERTHROW! OUR MILITARY COULD REMOVE
OBAMA FROM OFFICE... AS LONG AS AFTERWARDS THEY WERE OPEN TO
"RECONCILIATION."
(*CHUCKLE*)
The United States strongly condemns the steps that have
been taken by Egypt's interim government and security forces.
* YESTERDAY'S STEPS...
* TODAY'S STEPS...
* BUT NOT THE INITIAL COUP...???
(*SNORT*)
We oppose the pursuit of martial law, which denies those
rights to citizens under the principle that security trumps individual freedom
or that might makes right.
* SO SAYS PRESIDENT BARACK "PATRIOT ACT"
OBAMA...
* SO SAYS THE LEADER OF THE NEW AMERIKAN SECURITY
STATE...
* BUT IN ANY CASE, WHAT WOULD OUR PRESIDENT PREFER...?
ABSENT MARTIAL LAW HOW DOES OUR FEARLESS LEADER GUESS THAT EVENTS WOULD PLAY
OUT...? FOLKS... THIS IS A SERIOUS QUESTION! FIRST OBAMA BASICALLY GAVE HIS
SUPPORT TO THE INITIAL COUP... AND THEN AFTER THE MORSI SUPPORTERS THREATENED
TO "UNDO" THE COUP (VIA VIOLENCE IF NECESSARY) AND THE PREVIOUSLY
OBAMA SUPPORTED EGYPTIAN MILITARY RESPONDED BY ATTEMPTING TO FORESTALL ANY SUCH
EFFORTS... OUR FEARLESS LEADER SEEMINGLY SWITCHES SIDES!
* FIRST OBAMA BACKED MUBARAK... UNTIL... HE DIDN'T.
* NEXT OBAMA BACKED MORSI... UNTIL... HE DIDN'T.
* AND NOW...? WHO KNOWS WHO OBAMA BACKS! HE HASN'T CUT
OFF AMERICAN DOLLARS TO THE EGYPTIAN MILITARY, BUT HE'S THREATENED TO. AT THE
SAME TIME, WHILE HE'S COME OUT AGAINST MARTIAL LAW... HE HASN'T CALLED FOR
MORSI'S REINSTATEMENT.
* FOLKS... WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD EVER TRUST THE
U.S. AS AN ALLY AS LONG AS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES? BEING HIS "ENEMY" DOESN'T NECESSARILY LEAD TO DISASTER, YET,
BEING HIS "FRIEND" IS MEANINGLESS.
And today the United States extends its condolences to
the families of those who were killed and those who were wounded.
* EVEN IF THEY WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO
BURN DOWN A COPTIC CHURCH... OR BURN DOWN A GOVERNMENT BUILDING... OR OTHERWISE
ENGAGE IN VIOLENCE IN AN EFFORT TO REINSTALL MORSI AND MOVE TOWARDS ISLAMIC
THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT...???
...this morning we notified the Egyptian government that
we are canceling our biannual joint military exercise, which was scheduled for
next month.
* BUT THE CHECKS WILL KEEP COMING... THE ARMS WILL KEEP FLOWING...
(*SNICKER*)
* SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN: ANTAGONIZE WHILE CONTINUING TO ARM.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!
* MR. PRESIDENT... ARE YOU AWARE THAT BEFORE EGYPT BECAME
AN AMERICAN CLIENT THEY WERE A SOVIET CLIENT?
* MR. PRESIDENT... YOU ARE AWARE - I HOPE - THAT CHINA IS ECONOMICALLY, POLITICALLY, AND INCREASINGLY MILITARILY POWERFUL... AND ALWAYS
LOOKING TO TAKE ON NEW "ALLIES."
* FOLKS... WHAT DOES OBAMA DO IF THE RUSSIANS... THE
CHINESE... OR THE RUSSIANS AND CHINESE IN TANDEM... TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
WOO EGYPT'S MILITARY AND EGYPT'S MILITARY DECIDES THEY'D MAKE BETTER - MORE
DEPENDABLE - ALLIES THAN WE MAKE UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION? WELL...???
Going forward, I've asked my national security team to
assess the implications of the actions taken by the interim government and
further steps that we may take as necessary with respect to the U.S.-Egyptian
relationship.
* AGAIN... WHAT OBAMA SEEMS TO SEE AS CARROT AND STICK I SEE
AS SCHIZOPHRENIC FOREIGN POLICY WHICH TAKES NEITHER SHORT-TERM NOR LONG-TERM
AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS INTO ACCOUNT. AGAIN... PUT YOURSELF IN THE
SHOES OF A FOREIGN ALLY... COULD YOU EVER FULLY TRUST BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA?
We believe that the state of emergency should be lifted,
that a process of national reconciliation should begin...
* WHAT... DOES... THIS... MEAN...?!?!
* OBAMA... SUPPORTED... THE... INITIAL... COUP...!!!
* THE LAST TIME THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS LIFTED MORSI
AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD WERE ELEVATED TO POWER. AND WE SAW WHAT THEY DID
WITH THAT POWER! WHAT EXACTLY IS OBAMA CALLING FOR...?!?!
We don't take sides with any particular party or
political figure.
(*JUST THROWING MY ARMS UP*)
We've been blamed by supporters of Morsi; we've been
blamed by the other side as if we are supporters of Morsi. That kind of
approach will do nothing to help Egyptians achieve the future that they
deserve.
* AND WORSE... IT'LL DO NOTHING TO FURTHER AMERICAN
FOREIGN POLICY AND SECURITY GOALS! JUST THE OPPOSITE! YOU'RE PISSING EVERYONE
OFF, MR. PRESIDENT, WHILE MAKING ALLIES OF NO ONE!
We want Egypt to succeed. We want a peaceful, democratic,
prosperous Egypt. That's our interest.
* DON'T WE WANT AN EGYPT THAT DOESN'T LOOK UPON US AS
DISLOYAL BLOWHARDS?
* ISN'T OUR INTEREST A STABLE, PRO-AMERICAN, PRO-WESTERN,
NON-THEOCRATIC, NON-ANTI-ISRAEL EGYPT...? IF SO... SHOULDN'T WE BE BACKING THE
EGYPTIAN MILITARY WHICH IS THE ONE FORCE WITHIN EGYPTIAN SOCIETY MOST IN LINE
WITH THE INTERESTS I'VE OUTLINED?
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