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Obama Fiddles While Egypt Burns
The Washington A-List was out in force Saturday night at the farewell party for senior adviser David Axelrod, with a roster of guests featuring Cabinet secretaries, big shot journos and – President Obama. As revolution threatened to sweep Egypt and possibly other allies – with the horrifying prospect of Islamism replacing reliable friends – the president was on view partying with the IN crowd.
Dumb as a fox?
One cannot possibly imagine that this -the “smartest president since Lincoln” – could possibly be this incompetent. And yet, somehow, he is. Or, is this something more sinister…much more sinister, that he is cooking up? Could it be he is purposely letting things get out of hand so that they do implode? Hmmm, the mind races with “conspiracy theory”, and yet….and yet. So let’s have a look, shall we, at how the “smartest president” is handling things….and what is happening at this moment around the world.
Item – Washington, DC
The Washington A-List was out in force Saturday night at the farewell party for senior adviser David Axelrod, with a roster of guests featuring Cabinet secretaries, big shot journos and – President Obama. As revolution threatened to sweep Egypt and possibly other allies – with the horrifying prospect of Islamism replacing reliable friends – the president was on view partying with the IN crowd. The skepticism beyond the Beltway about whether Washington is just one big Love-In certainly gets fed by the sight – as conveyed by the press pool report – of reporters like ABC’s Jake Tapper, NBC’s Chuck Todd, National Journal’s Major Garrett, and John Harwood of CNBC and the New York Times emerging from a bash with the president that was held to toast his chief political fixer and leading spinmeister. I understand why reporters would do this – other than the admittedly pathetic notion that, gosh, it’s fun to party with the president of the United States! It is pretty good for building sources and getting inside dope. But man, it ain’t easy smacking the White House with tough stories all the time if you’re getting invited to their exclusive parties, now is it? Also on hand were Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Energy Secretary Steven Chu. The party was at the Washington residence of Linda Douglass, the former hard-hitting ABC reporter who dropped out of journalism to spin the health care bill out of the White House. She’s now a VP at Atlantic Media.
So we have an official with a journalism outfit – Atlantic Media – HOSTING a party for the president and his consigliere. Mrs. Obama stayed home. Good for her. Maybe she was monitoring the situation in Egypt.” source – White House Dossier
OK, so this is what Obama is doing while Egypt goes down in flames. Now let’s take a look at this situation on the group while Team Obama laps up the booze at the White House. (Hmm, I don’t remember in what part of Lincoln’s biography that he threw parties while the war raged outside his window. Will go back and re-read.)
Item – Cairo, Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood To Form Government.
The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition group,is in talks with other anti-government figures to form a national unity government without President Hosni Mubarak, a group official told DPA on Sunday. Although the Muslim Brotherhood is officially banned from running for elections for parliament, some movement members have presented candidacy for parliament as independents. Speaking to CNN later Sunday, ElBaradei said he had a popular and political mandate to negotiate the creation of a national unity government.
“I have been authorized — mandated — by the people who organized these demonstrations and many other parties to agree on a national unity government,” he told CNN.” source – Haaretz
Item – Cairo, Egypt. Scores killed and thousands injured.
(Reuters) – More than 100 people have been killed during anti-government protests that have swept Egypt, according to a Reuters tally of reports from medical sources, hospitals and witnesses.
There was no official figure, and the real figure may be very different, given the confusion on the streets. On Saturday in Beni Suef, south of Cairo, police shot dead 17 people trying to attack two police stations and eight people were killed during protests. Eight others were killed in clashes when prisoners tried to escape from Abu Zaabal prison in Cairo.
Some 68 deaths were reported killed in Cairo, Suez and Alexandria during Friday’s protests.
Before then, security sources had said at least six people, including a police officer, had been killed since the protests started on Tuesday. On Saturday, medical sources told Reuters around 2,000 people had been wounded throughout the country, however with more protests erupting, that number was almost certain to rise.” source – Reuters
Item – Cairo, Egypt. Governments scramble to fly citizens out of Egypt
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Governments started arranging for planes on Sunday to bring home citizens stuck in Egypt, where violent protests of the rule of President Hosni Mubarak have given way in some parts of Cairo to looting. The United States and Turkey offered to evacuate citizens wanting to leave and major airlines including Lufthansa and Air India said they would send additional planes to Cairo and Alexandria. The Greek foreign ministry said at least two Greek military aircraft were on standby.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki dispatched his presidential plane to Egypt to pick up Iraqi citizens, and the transport ministry ordered free transportation for Iraqis living in Egypt on Iraqi Airways planes, a ministry spokesman said. Some European companies started evacuating their staff, and witnesses reported scenes of chaos at Cairo Airport, as people, including Egyptians, tried to catch a decreasing number of operational flights. U.S.-based Delta Air Lines Inc, for instance, said on Friday it was suspending its service into Cairo indefinitely. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Janice Jacobs said on CNN television that U.S.-government sponsored flights will be leaving Cairo on Monday.” source – Yahoo
Conclusion – Sharia law, here we come
And there you have it, people. Egypt dies while Obama parties at 1600. Any questions? Oh, oh…almost forgot. One more thing – maybe the reason why Obama is sitting back and doing nothing is because this allows the Muslims to take over. First Tunisia, now Egypt….next up? “oh, say can you see…?”
