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2011-01-28 Africa Horn

Revolution is in the air but US sticks to same old script

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Posted by gorb 2011-01-28 13:59|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Maybe we'll get to see what happens when the Suez Canal closes & the price of imported oil goes even higher.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-28 17:10|| 2011-01-28 17:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Obama = Carter
Mubarak = The Shah

Posted by CincinnatusChili 2011-01-28 19:41|| 2011-01-28 19:41|| Front Page Top

#3 From the Wall Street Journal this evening:

The Obama administration Friday threatened to cut off its $1.5 billion in annual aid to Egypt if its security forces continue to use violence to crush the protests. That marked a sharp shift in tone from the White House, which even Thursday took a softer line of calling for restraint from the government and protesters.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-01-28 21:29|| 2011-01-28 21:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Lets see, go hard after the Egyptian government, but soft peddle the fascisti in Iran when they crush a democratic revolution.

Way to go State Department you f**king idiots.

And now we watch even MORE On The Job training for the Narcissist in Chief who continues to bumble around and make things worse.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-01-28 21:37|| 2011-01-28 21:37|| Front Page Top

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