Diplomatic Priorities?
Twelve hours ago, in the early hours of the anniversary of September 11, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo tweeted, "We condemn the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims."
One hour ago, Islamic extremists--or "ultra-conservatives," as the press is reporting--stormed that same embassy, ripped the stars and stripes from the flagpole, and replaced it with a black flag bearing Arabic script. Their impetus? A film depicting the Prophet Muhammed.
I'm waiting for the Embassy to tweet, "We condemn the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to seize this building through brute force, to stifle freedom of speech, and to replace the rule of law with the rule of fear."
Oh, wait--that exceeds the 140 character limit. I guess silence will have to suffice.
UPDATE: The Embassy has removed the original tweet.
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Jul '11
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Our hopes and prayers should be with those who go in harm’s way in service to our country. May God watch over our people and return them to their families safely.
Aug '10
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Ahh Spring !
Climbing over any embassy wall to face US Marines on 9/11 seems like an incredibly stupid thing to do.
So Obama let these dummies have a perfectly good, once allied country ?
That is stupid. Any points against stupid in a presidential election ?
Edited on September 11, 2012 at 10:50pmOct '11
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How about just shooting anyone who trespasses on American soil?
Apr '12
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The Washington Post qualifies the mob as "mainly ultra-conservatives" so we can conflate them with the Tea Party.
Sep '11
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most incompetent administration ever.
Aug '10
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Maybe they could call them "misogynistic ,fascist, anti-capitalists " so we can conflate them with the Democrat Party !
Jun '10
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Are we about to start a new clock on 444 days?
Edited on September 11, 2012 at 10:55pmNov '11
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That wasn't a protest.
That was a "Thank You" Party for the $1,000,000,000 worth of economic stimulus Obama gave last week to a little Egyptian Fat Free Yogurt company, Moo Slim Bros., Inc.
Meanwhile, Obama's too dern busy to say hi to Bibi.
But American Jews still go for him 60/40 (and that's a big improvement).
In a world gone bonkers and berserk, Obama fits right in.
Jul '12
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Why summon the ambassador and deliver a strongly worded diplomatic message when you can Tweet your displeasure?
Feb '12
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First of all, let me start by saying that I never condone violence between groups of people. But I think a lot of this stems from the fact that most of the people in the west don't understand Islam and consequently, why they respond the way they do. And it isn't all Muslims as you may have noticed, it is that 1-2% that is truly devout who are most likely to respond to offenses with violence. To these people, all land occupied by Muslims is holy ground, given to them by Allah, and to have anyone except Muslims walking around on it is sacreligious, even if it is an embassy. They don't want their holy ground occupied by infadels. And it is strictly forbidden in the Quran to create images of Allah or Mohammed. It's a rule that is strictly adhered to and the offense is very serious. There is a group of Muslims called the 12ers who are thought of by even most moderate Muslims as a cult that makes up the 1-2% of Islamists who are extreme and prone to retaliations of this type. To them we are the great Satan.
Dec '10
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There should have been two piles inside that compound when the dust cleared.
A pile of expended 7.62x51mm brass at the foot of the embassy building, and a pile of carcasses at the foot of the wall.
In the Muslim world, if you are not the strong horse, you are weak and must be dominated. Simple as that.
So long as we continue to absorb their violence without responding with overwhelming force of our own, they will continue to escalate because they think we are too weak to fight back.
Unfortunately for us, fecklessness and treason is easy to mistake for cowardice or weakness at a distance, so they think they've got JugEar's™ number.
Feb '12
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I don't want anyone to misconstrue my last comment. I'm not saying that when our people are attacked by these groups it's our fault. I'm saying that if we are going to address these issues diplomatically, it helps to know what we're actually dealing with so it can be done effectively. It's tough to be diplomatic when we don't know what is offensive and why it's offensive. This administration has done everything in it's power to appease these groups and failed because they are lacking the knowledge of what they are actually dealing with. It makes it difficult to be effective, particularly when we are dealing with a well funded militant religious group that is prone to violence, and who's sole purpose is to wipe out all infadels. Jews, Christians and Athiests alike.
Jul '12
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Muslims are peaceful to non-Muslims only when they are a minority, or under someone's heel like Mubarak. Even then they're not very neighborly. Just insult Mohammed and see what happens. What we have here is a Rome and Carthage situation. There's only room for one and the other will be a historical footnote.
Apr '12
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This has been a popular defense but I don't buy it. If it's true that 98% of Islam does not support extremism, then why don't we hear about it? On the contrary, the 1 or 2 percent you mention are simply the armed and violent representation.
The US has about 1.5 million military personnel, being less than half a percent of our population - and yes, our military does receive support but there's no lack of public criticism.
Surely the consequences of the "Arab Spring" should be a clue.
Aug '10
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Cairo wasn't the only one.
It happened in Libya today as well. The fruits of the Arab Spring..........
Stupid stupid stupid
Jun '10
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Shi’ites comprise 10-15 percent of all Muslims. And 80 percent of Shi’ites are Twelvers
That's 8% minimum right there.
I don't have citations, but I've seen in more than one place, varying by only a few percent, that approximately 10% of Muslims worldwide would be willing to wage violent jihad against infidels, and the number goes up to 25% when you add "...or actively support those do."
Dec '10
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As Eeyore points out, President Obama seems really, really committed to emulating Jimmy Carter. Nothing puts the lie to "we are more respected abroad" like images of angry mobs storming a US Embassy and desecrating the Stars and Stripes.
Apr '11
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But wait, Obama went to Egypt in '09 and apologized for the US being such a bad country and that we are really, really sorry and told them how wonderful Islam is with all that great math and science they gave the world 1000 years ago. He must have not begged hard enough for them to really like us after all. I say he goes right back there and tries again, this time with a little more vigor.
How do you say "pretty pleaese, with sugar on top" in Arabic?
Aug '12
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CoolHand: There should have been two piles inside that compound when the dust cleared.
A pile of expended 7.62x51mm brass at the foot of the embassy building, and a pile of carcasses at the foot of the wall.
I would have been glad to man the M240B myself.
May '10
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Eeyore
Shi’ites comprise 10-15 percent of all Muslims. And 80 percent of Shi’ites are Twelvers
That's 8% minimum right there.
I don't have citations, but I've seen in more than one place, varying by only a few percent, that approximately 10% of Muslims worldwide would be willing to wage violent jihad against infidels, and the number goes up to 25% when you add "...or actively support those do." · 39 minutes ago
The number goes far higher than 25% when you add "implement sharia law", "suppress all other religions", "kill apostates and dissenters", etc.
And don't forget what liberals keep telling us: Egypt is a moderate Muslim nation, and the Muslim Brotherhood is a moderate organization.