Sometimes it’s just easier to let the dust of the day settle and let cooler heads prevail, like those who know the region and understand its politics, as opposed to our opportunistic president and hysterical media…
“News Flash: Mubarak’s not resigning and they were all wrong!” by Barry Rubin
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2011/02/news-flash-mubaraks-not-resigning-and.html
“I've never seen anything like this Egypt crisis to demonstrate how ignorant the Western experts are about the Middle East.” You’ve got that right, Mr. Rubin!
As an aside, should Egypt be a lesson for the tea party that the administration and media would approve of? Violently rally for weeks on end until your demands are met?! Just saying. Our administration and media alike have the gall to embrace the Islamized Muslim Brotherhood over a peaceful American movement. Unreal...particularly when you’ve got people downplaying this situation and making idiotic statements like THIS!
Jaw Dropper: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Says Muslim Brotherhood “Largely Secular”…
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/02/10/jaw-dropper-director-of-national-intelligence-james-clapper-says-muslim-brotherhood-largely-secular/
Clap on? Clap OFF...the Clapper!
Rush was spot on today when describing Obama’s co-opting of Egyptian youth for his own campaign during a speech addressing the situation earlier today. Obama appears to be out in front of the mob, making it about him, as to say: This whole Egyptian fiasco is just a bunch of young people who want their ‘Obama’!
Shameless Obama: Egyptians Just Want Their Own Version of Me
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_021011/content/01125111.guest.html
Obama was so sure of himself, thinking Mubarak was going to step down, and that he had something to do with it all. Then later, as it became more uncertain what Mubarak was actually going to do, Obama took a ‘wait and see’ approach…
President Obama on Egypt: 'We're Going To Have To Wait and See What's Going On'
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/02/president-obama-on-egypt-were-going-to-have-to-wait-and-see-whats-going-on.html
...with the evening culminating in more transition of power to the V.P. and Mubarak overseeing the reform.
Our administration and too many in the media have really shown how full of it they are in trying to compare this situation to our view of ‘democracy’, making statements that it’s like ‘the American Revolution’. Not even close! As Levin more accurately describes, this transition is perhaps closer to the Bolsheviks in Russia or the French Revolution or some semblance of a civil war…not an American experiment, that’s for certain. It's also certain that our relationship with Egypt is now tarnished. I guess the only question that remains is: Will our administration and media continue to rattle the cage or consider a more subdued role during this transition? If we know them like we think we do, this could get uglier.
UPDATE: Mubarak has transferred power to a council of generals who will decide what to do.
