M2RB: The Bangles
Walk like an Egyptian,
Rule like a Pharaoh...
By Richard Fernandez
The
administration ended its silence on Morsi’s coup in Egypt by saying
“the current constitutional vacuum in Egypt can only be resolved by the
adoption of a constitution that includes checks and balances, and respects
fundamental freedoms, individual rights, and the rule of law consistent with
Egypt’s international commitments.”
In a statement, State Department
spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Morsi’s actions go against the “the
aspirations of the revolution” in 2011 that led to the ouster of longtime
President Hosni Mubarak …
“We call for calm and encourage all
parties to work together and call for all Egyptians to resolve their
differences over these important issues peacefully and through democratic
dialogue,” Nuland said.
Thomas Friedman, who had visions of
Morsi paving a road to a peace agreement with Israel, is cruelly disappointed
by the turn of events. “It is impossible not to be tantalized by how much
leverage Morsi could wield in the peace process, if he ever chose to engage
Israel.”
Ironically, though, all of this would
depend on Morsi not becoming a dictator like Mubarak, but on him remaining a
legitimately elected president, truly representing the Egyptian people. That is
now in doubt given Morsi’s very troubling power grab last week and the violent
response from the Egyptian street. President Obama has to be careful not to
sell out Egyptian democracy for quiet between Israel and Egypt and Hamas. We
tried that under Mubarak. It didn’t end well.
It’s amazing. Apparently Friedman
thought the Muslim Brotherhood would be more democratic than Mubarak. Now he’s
surprised, completely surprised, that things didn’t turn out that way.
Now Friedman
begins to see what many previous posts have pointed out all along: that the
Obama administration, having attempted to “ride the tiger,” finds it cannot get
off. Friedman writes:
Therefore, here’s what I do expect:
More trouble between Israel and Hamas that will constantly threaten to drag in
Egypt. Hamas is a shameful organization. It subordinates the interests of the
Palestinian people to Iran (and earlier to Syria), which wants Hamas to do
everything it can to make a two-state solution impossible, because that will
lock Israel into a permanent death grip on the West Bank, which will be the
undoing of the Jewish democracy and will distract the world from Iran’s and
Syria’s murderous behaviors.
It’s worse than
that, Tom. As I noted in past posts, recent events from Benghazi to Gaza
suggest that the administration’s “Arab Spring” policy is a busted flush. All
across North Africa and in the Levant, forces which the administration only
imagined would be friendly to the United States are now proving they will
behave in a hostile and possibly reckless manner.
Egypt will soon
run out of food and money. America has already been driven out of Eastern
Libya. Syria may soon be taken over by jihadi-like elements. Jordan is
teetering. And Iran is shipping new rockets to Gaza. What are the odds for the
“calm” that Victoria Nuland hopes for?
The president
will be increasingly caught between preserving the very life of Israel and
salvaging the ruins of his attempts to “lead from behind.” It is now turning
out to be a case of “lead by the nose.” Hamza Hendawi of the Associated Press recounts
how Morsi tricked Obama into letting him hold his wallet while he went for a
dip in the public relations ocean.
CAIRO (AP) — The Gaza cease-fire deal
reached Wednesday marks a startling trajectory for Egyptian President Mohammed
Morsi: an Islamist leader who refuses to talk to Israelis or even say the
country’s name mediated for it and finally turned himself into Israel’s de
facto protector.
The accord inserts Egypt to an
unprecedented degree into the conflict between Israel and Hamas, establishing
it as the arbiter ensuring that militant rocket fire into Israel stops and that
Israel allows the opening of the long-blockaded Gaza Strip and stops its own
attacks against Hamas.
“I want to thank President Morsi for
his personal leadership to de-escalate the situation in Gaza and end the
violence,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who met Morsi on
Wednesday, said at a Cairo press conference with Egypt’s foreign minister
announcing the accord.
Translation:
“Thank you for leashing the pit bull you unleashed in the first place. And
would you please hold my wallet while I take a walk? Gee, thanks, you’re such a
nice guy.” Attagirl, Hillary!
It’s not as if
the administration had no warning of trouble ahead. The attack on the Benghazi
consulate was a big neon sign blinking the message “danger” in glowing red
letters in the dark of the Obama administration’s night. But all they could
think of in the face of that danger signal was to get Susan Rice to talk about
a video. Anything to get Obama elected. Any lie, any deception, any debt to
history. Now the bandages are coming off the mummy’s face.
Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
All the old paintings on the tomb
They do the sand dance doncha know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino
And the bazaar man by the Nile
He got the money on a bet
All the crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette
Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more
All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian
All the kids in the marketplace say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Slide feet up street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life['s] hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac
If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
They spin the club, cruise down the block
All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian
All the cops in the donut shop say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian
They do the sand dance doncha know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino
And the bazaar man by the Nile
He got the money on a bet
All the crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette
Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more
All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian
All the kids in the marketplace say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Slide feet up street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life['s] hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac
If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
They spin the club, cruise down the block
All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian
All the cops in the donut shop say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian
1 comment:
The morning of 9/11/2012, many US embassies were attacked or had serious protests directed at them. A prudent C-in-C would have placed the appreciate American forces on alert since it was the anniversary of 9-11 and since embassy grounds were penetrated as was our embassy in Iran in 1979. Who would want a repeat of 1979. Militia "technicals" in Benghazi had cut off road access to our diplomatic mission by 8 PM local time. I find it hard to believe that the security personnel, such as it was, did not notice the presence of the technical forces and communicate this to higher levels of government. Since we have not heard from the survivors nor had the communication exchanges with the diplomatic mission released to the American people, this administration obviously has much to hide and I expect it is true that our people were sacrificed for the greater good of the President's re-election.
If what the DoD has put out is correct, that we didn't have forces that could have saved any of the 4 who were murdered, then it is time to shutdown these overseas bases and disband our special ops teams trained to rescue our citizens. But I believe that the problem was not the bases or special ops teams, but the reluctance to act and the incompetence of the civilian leadership. We still haven't heard why Gen. Ham retired earlier than he had planned and an admiral was supposedly relieved of command, among other things.
This citizen and veteran was and remains angry that this cover up is allowed to stand.
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