Obama says told Egypt's Mubarak to keep promises
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President Obama speaks about the situation in Egypt at the White House, January 28, 2011.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he had spoken with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and urged him to keep his promises to work toward greater democracy and greater economic opportunity for his people.
"What's needed now are concrete steps that advance the rights of the Egyptian people," Obama told reporters at the White House.
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AcuteThinker wrote:
since the collapse of the former soviet union , US President began to have been in dilemmas as a result of conflict between political principles and economic reality
NukerDoggie wrote:
While it is certainly true that democracy, freedom of speech and human rights are absolutely essential, and that dictators like Mubarak have proved themselves the enemy of such, the pragmatic question is how do you fix the problem without risking the kind of chaos that likely plays right into the hands of Iran-sponsored Islamic fundamentalists across the region, who have become expert at hijacking democratic movements? If the reports are true about the secret support the Obama administration has given to the revolutionaries over the past couple of years, then this amounts to a clandestine U.S. policy of “regime change” across the Middle East. At a minimum, the present U.S. administration is trying to ride the wave toward that very end. This policy is profoundly risky, since the U.S. cannot exercise control over the outcome of events. Radical Islamists are most likely to capitalize on matters, with the U.S. likely losing influence in the region via the loss of U.S.-friendly leaders. And, very ominously, is Saudi Arabia next? Where does this democratic wave end, and how destructive will it be to U.S. interests? We must remember that just because it’s a democratic wave, in no way does that guarantee it will align its effects with U.S. interests. The Obama administration is showing itself to be profoundly arrogant, and utterly stupid, in this. Just as the previous administration showed itself to be the same, in its “regime change” policies in the Middle East. Whether you’re instigating such a wave by military means or by “soft power”, the risks to the U.S. are colossal. But neither G.W. Bush nor B. Obama have the humility to even consider that they are wrong in their views and approaches. This amounts to geopolitical stupidity on a grand scale.
ayesee wrote:
So, NukerDoggie, how long is it thathave you been working for Osama B.L.?
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