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McCain, Graham urge release of political prisoners in Egypt
2013-08-07
...At the request of our beloved president. Those two do like being needed.
[CBSNEWS] After meeting with Egyptian leaders from across the political spectrum, Sens. John Maverick McCain
... the Senator-for-Life from Arizona, former presidential candidate and even more former foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution...
, R-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham
... the endangered South Carolina RINO...
, R-S.C., on Monday urged the military-backed government there to release political prisoners, begin the process of reconciliation and move towards an open democracy - or risk losing international aid and support.

"There are many in Congress - not many yet - there are some in Congress that want to sever this relationship," Graham said in a presser with McCain in Cairo.
"Okay, maybe not many at all. A few. There's John and I, at least until John's medication wears off."
"We want to maintain it because it is so important to our two nations and, quite frankly, the world."

That said, he added, the United States will only be able to support a democratic Egyptian government.

"The relationship of the past is no longer available to us in America," Graham said, referencing past U.S. support for ousted Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
. That relationship was not beneficial to the Egyptian people, he said, but "the politics of convenience are behind us in America."
Al-Arabiya has a related report here.
Posted by:Fred

#8  "they offered to make up (and then some) any shortfall in US aid caused by the coup"

About f*king time. Why should we keep forking over to people who will hate us no matter what when the Saudis take our money and never give any to other goddam moslems (unless they're perpetrating terrorist activities against the infidels)?

Get off your goddam gold toilets, Saudi, and support your co-religionists.

I'm looking forward to the day the world (or at least the West) doesn't need M.E. oil, etc. - I want to watch what they do when they have to go back to being goatherds, like their patriarch Ibin Saud was. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara   2013-08-07 18:10  

#7  Actually, I understood that Saudi Arabia et alia were rather upset at the current US administration for its actions in Egypt, which is why they offered to make up (and then some) any shortfall in US aid caused by the coup.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2013-08-07 16:42  

#6  Egyptian Govt: McCain 'persona non grata, an unwelcome person'
The Egyptian Cabinet took offense to comments Senator John McCain (R - AZ) made to the Washington Post about his advice to the new government of Egypt about releasing Muslim Brotherhood prisoners.
Posted by: Vernal Gray9391   2013-08-07 15:53  

#5  How about that movie maker being held in California Senators? You know the one used by the feds as a scapegoat for Benghazi.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-08-07 08:34  

#4  Who does he think runs Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, or the rest ?

People who know how to be generous to their friends.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-08-07 08:19  

#3  That said, he added, the United States will only be able to support a democratic Egyptian government.

Ignorant, cognitively challenged oud fok! Who does he think runs Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, or the rest ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-08-07 03:57  

#2  Boith of them desperately wanting camer time and a petting from the liberal press. Disgusting. Recall McCain, and Dump Linda.
Posted by: OldSpook   2013-08-07 02:38  

#1  "begin the process of reconciliation and move towards an open democracy"

This is the same Lindsey Graham who wishes there was a way to 'hold people accountable' for speech that violates Sharia law. He was talking about non-Muslim US citizens in the US.

He's for 'open democracy' when temporary 'open democracy' is advantageous to islamofascists.

But when 'open democracy' displeases islamofascists he's against it.

Helping islamofascists gain power abroad and importing alien tyranny into Western nations, is this the new neo-con doctrine?
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2013-08-07 02:25  

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