interesting take on Egypt from Israel

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More like the Israelis are afraid of the fact that the US isn't going to be their sock-puppet anymore.
 
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What do you expect them to say? That they are pleased that Mubarak might be on his way out?

Look, the guy is done. He's out. It's just a matter of time. If Obama continued to support him and he got thrown out then whoever comes in will loathe us all the more. Got to back the winning horse on this one. Going to be bad enough as it is.
 
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No way the US can support Mubarak with everything going on there right now. Mubarak is toast and will soon have to seek asylum elsewhere. Things have suddenly become much more tense from Israel's perspective not only with this issue but the Iranian nuclear issue as well, the timing couldn't have been much worse.
 
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KB5252 said:
No way the US can support Mubarak with everything going on there right now. Mubarak is toast and will soon have to seek asylum elsewhere. Things have suddenly become much more tense from Israel's perspective not only with this issue but the Iranian nuclear issue as well, the timing couldn't have been much worse.
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And they're realizing that Obama isn't an Israeli panderer and are therefore much more concerned than if Bush was in office.
 
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If Obama had strongly supported Mubarak then in the next week or so when he gets tossed out and the new regime is threatening any relations with us, you know for a fact joevol would be on here within minutes saying Obama was stupid for supporting a guy who obviously cannot hang onto power.

Listening to NPR this morning, their commentary is that it appears that there is a transition already underway and should be announced within a matter of days. There is a fellow well known and respected in the international community who has ties to the military there and can cobble together support from enough factions to get things back on track.

They had crap elections last year and the Egyptian public have had it.

I would think, joevol, that you would be congratulating Obama for having the sense to know when to pull the plug.
 
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DC Vol said:
And they're realizing that Obama isn't an Israeli panderer and are therefore much more concerned than if Bush was in office.
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The point is, Obama's support for Mubarak would do no good. It would just push Egypt further away from us than is already in the cards once Mubarak is out.

This is the only smart play Obama can make.

Any president in his shoes would do the same and I'm sure his national security people told him Mubarak has no chance so why engender more animosity than is already coming.
 
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Spinning Obama's position on Egypt as an intentional swipe at Israel is mind-numbingly ignorant of the realities of the situation.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Spinning Obama's position on Egypt as an intentional swipe at Israel is mind-numbingly ignorant of the realities of the situation.
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At face value, that's true.

But to think that there won't be a revisiting of Egyptian-Israeli relations between whoever is in office eventually is also ignorant of the realities of the situation.


There is a lot at stake for the Israelis in this.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Spinning Obama's position on Egypt as an intentional swipe at Israel is mind-numbingly ignorant of the realities of the situation.
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Spinning his position as being rooted in some kind of coherent policy WRT the Middle East is likewise.
 
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Media Matters Blames The Egyptian Crisis on Those Foreign Policy-Controlling, Media-Owning JEWS - Big Journalism

The George Soros funded Media Matters has been
waging a months-long attack on Glenn Beck trying
to brand the commentator as a card carrying anti-
Semite. Perhaps before making false charges against
Beck, Media Matters should examine its own house
of cards. In a column published today on Media
Matters political correction site, MJ Rosenberg
claimed that the current Egyptian crisis was the
fault of AIPAC and the “Israel Lobby.” For those
of you who have lived on a different planet till
today, “Israel Lobby” is a polite way of saying
“Jews.”
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Instead of focusing on what Glenn Beck says
about one Jew, George Soros, Media Matters
should focus on what MJ Rosenberg is saying
about all Jews in their name.
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Not much has changed with Soros since he was
a small boy, ever the backstabber of his own people.

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BTW, the US Education Department donated $100,000+
of taxpayer funds to Media Matters in 2010.

I would think that would be illegal but then nothing
surprises me these days.
 
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