He was all over the place in what he had to say - and what he should
have done was just butt out until he had some idea of who the real
players were and what they brought to the table. His intel people were
ridiculous and his intel chief tries to tell him that the Muslim
Brotherhood was secular and says this in public and his State Dept
doesn't even see anything going on until it has happened. Meantime he
comes out in favor of just about everybody and then claims he was right
all along - how could he be wrong he supported them all in turn without
any regard for the individual positions. Do you know yet what he really
believes should happen and what he will do about it? He handled this
just about as badly as Carter handled the situatlon in Iran and we are
still paying for that with the Iranian nuclear problem over 30 years
later. The problems with Egypt are potentially far worse both because
of the size of the country, the wealth of the country and the position
it holds with regard to the Suez Canal and the policies towards our ally
Israel (remember out allies? Erkle doesn't seem to).
On 02/12/2011 11:40 AM, BB47 wrote:
On Feb 11, 10:38 pm, dick thompson<[email protected]> wrote:
But his comment about Erkle makes me want to buy him a beer. He
makes tremendous sense to me and his response to this woman is just
about right:
Just a few clarifications on this Mr Thompson. While I agree that
this lady "asked for it" I was curious about a few minor details in
your view.
Was it the "waffling" that you perceive Obie doing that bothers you or
the fact that he does not take the "clear stance" that you believe
should be taken?
What is the correct "clear stance" that he should take towards
Egypt? My opinion? I think the less we (gov) say publicly about
events like this the better.
I base this on my limited experience with basic human nature. Just as
this lady butted in to the guy's conversation, US butting in on Egypt
or any other country with our comments and recommendations has the
same effect. It tends to piss people off. How is that foreign
policy so different than what happened in the restaurant?
I have even less foreign policy experience than Obie. (that is my
nickname for him...a little less nasty I think) This is just one
nobody's opinion. Could you point out the waffle? (just so I am clear
on that) I realize he was a bit "behind the curve" in some of his
responses, but it was a rapid, real time complicated situation.
What SHOULD the perfect, clear stance leader have done and said
regarding uprisings in other countries? (just so I know who to vote
for next time) No, I didn't vote for him.
What is our role? What would you have said? Just curious.
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