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Obama Encourages Egypt to ‘Refrain From Violence’
- Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:04pm by
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he’s spoken to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and told him he has a responsibility to take concrete steps to deliver on promises of better democracy and greater economic opportunity.
Obama spoke in the White House State Dining Room shortly after Mubarak appeared on television for the first time since the populace unleashed frenzied protests aimed at ending his 30-year authoritarian rule. Mubarak backed his security forces, who’ve moved violently to put down the protests, and did not offer to step down.
Obama did not call on Mubarak to do so. Instead he emphasized the need for Mubarak to make reforms and said: “This moment of volatility has to be turned into a moment of promise.”
h/t Greg Hengler
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Comments (148)
beebacksoon
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:22pmchazman
Report Post »Right! BHO has the ****** to tell the President of Egypt let his people have their “peaceful protest” and don’t cause harm. WHAT? The protestors are tearing apart the city! Which coverage is BHO watching? Listening to the remarks of Robert Gibbs; BHO; VP Biden and others, they appear to be trying their best to hide their glee in what is going on. Afterall, that is exactly what they hope for the USA!
Grandpa Harley
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:21pmThat’s like telling your alcoholic brother not to drink too much as your tossing him the keys to your new truck.
Report Post »1911a1
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:18pmpersonally i am so sick of the middle east , what a crap hole of hate mongers and unproductivity. i wish we (the USA) would get out of the middle east and let the middle east devour the middle east ! seriously let them kill each other off. stay out of ti TOTALLY out of it !
Report Post »1911a1
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:20pmohh yeah i forgot ,,, WTF !!!!!! LOL
Report Post »Politicus
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:49pmDorothy. Pay no attention to the man behind the teleprompter.
Report Post »MCGIRV
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:37pmObama is useless and clueless!
Report Post »JoeySocal
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:33pmWho does he think he is to tell the Egyptian President what to do? God complex.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:29pmyeah, and that’s like asking a muslim to turn Christian. It’s not going to happen.
Report Post »VincentMVNY
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:25pmPEACEFUL PROTEST???? Did he even watch the videos? What world is he living in???
Did he call Ahmadinijad when really peaceful protests were being held in Iran. What a two-faced phoney this guy is! If Mubarak goes down so does Egypt surely turn into an Islamic state run by Islamic fanatics.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:23pmProfessor O’Barry stating the obvious in fluffy non-committal terms. He sounds like a beauty pageant contestant.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:43pmThat or a Junior College professor .. certainly not “Presidential” . And I am really getting sick of that nose in the air ..don’t go out in the rain without an umbrella .. you WILL drown.
Report Post »lawrench
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:23pmI do not see why our Government should get involved in any way with what is going on in Egypt. If we want to support Egyptians, then we should not get involved with their internal conflict. Let this play out and then see where we are at with them.
Report Post »Whostolemypig
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:22pmHuman rights, the United States will stand up for them everywhere? Get real, you’ve sat on your butt and watched the genocide and turmoil in all other parts of Africa. Do you have a problem with the darker Africans, do they not have rights?
Report Post »NorthernBill
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:45pmSame with the riots in Iran. Said nothing.
Report Post »badpenny1990
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:21pmguess im one of the many that doesnt believe anything this man has to say
Report Post »OnGoingHost
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:16pmhe is giving the impression that he prefer the Egyptian leadership would be overthrown by the “people”, he fails to realize or simply ignores the fact that if the current Egyptian leadership will fall, the “Islamic brotherhood” who invented the modern Islamic terrorism will take over.
Report Post »blanco
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:21pmAnd that’s probably fine with him!
Report Post »florida123
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:14pmSpoken like a true leader………….NOT
Report Post »I Believe In American Exceptionalism
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:13pmIt’s such a small point, but in the Official White House photo from earlier today Barack Hussein Obama didn’t have his clodhoppers propped-up on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. BTW – stupid nebulous comment (as usual), BHO. The Community Organizer In Chief had better hope Wikileaks doesn‘t disclose that he’s been in league with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Report Post »RobR
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:06pmI‘m sure all that was going thru Barackio’s head, even with all the chaos and lose of human life was, COOL, all it takes is six phone calls and I too can completely shut down all forms of social media in this country whenever I want. Sweeeeettt……
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:05pmBarry O’s foreign policy is nothing more than a thought he gets when Sarkozy calls him for the time of day. This moron is registering -0.05 on the clue scale of 1 to 100. He is clueless to how to run anything and he is clueless how to conduct business or advice to any foreign leader. He is about as dumb in the head as a pig is in the a**. Hmmmm, yeah pig as like to an Islamist.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:02pmAre any other Leaders “speaking to Egypt.?” I would like to hear and see them. Or is it just the U.S? Are we the only Nation that this affects? I have been watching most of the day and I have not heard a word about any of our other allies coming out one way or the other.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:17pmI haven’t heard of any either, but I’ve been at work most of the day and may have missed something. I’m wondering if all the unrest in Europe may be why this is not “foremost” in the media. Just speculation mind you, that they may not want to add fuel to their own fires.
Report Post »highcarry
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 7:08ammaybe because we’re the only ones stupid enough to give them two billion dollars a year.
Report Post »onegodinkansas
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:54pmStill voting ‘present’. Doesn’t everyone feel comfortable w/ that kind of leadership from the White House? I know I’ll sleep better tonight.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:39pmNo … I liked it better when there were some adults in the White House. UGH!
Report Post »imareader
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:47pm@ bestartist…Judas can only be Judas.
Report Post »bestartist
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:37pmHearing Obama speak is like reading ones’ horoscope ……..
it’s all general, applies to anyone, fortune cookie rhetoric.
“Refrain from Violence” is generally the right advice……Gandhi would agree, so would MLK
and Jesus.
I think Bill Ayers, Frances Fox Piven and Van Jones need to get the memo, now.
Obama instructed Mubarek to “turn the Internet back on”
Report Post »excellent.
why does Obama want a “kill switch”
Obama always makes me squirrelly…he’s definitely out of his league.
CatB
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:38pm“above pay grade”
Report Post »rojotx
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:35pmHe is just watching out for his friends!
Report Post »NE12012
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:35pmWho rights this stuff? …‘moment of promise’….WhiteHouse Fairy?
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 12:30amDon’t you mean “who writes this stuff”? Perhaps you could work there!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-xD
Report Post »NE12012
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:17amtouche
Report Post »Highland
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 7:27amHe thinks he can turn a phrase, doesn’t he? I think the Teleprompter threw him a curveball with that “volatility, promise” nonsense, though.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 10:09amAND while we are on the subject of HIS speeches, I’d love to see someone sabotage his teleprompter…only President in American history who has to use a teleprompter to say grace (oh, that’s right…HE DOESN’T PRAY)…
Report Post »SND97
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:31pmRefrain From Violence??
Barry may have caused it
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:06pmSND97, and soros as well.
Report Post »So
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:30pm“This moment of volatility has to be turned into a moment of promise.”? WTF?
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:34pmDangit, SO. You’re not supposed to say WTF anymore, remember?
Report Post »So
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:35pmSorry Happy. I didn’t get the memo. LOL.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:38pm“This moment of volatility has to be turned into a moment of promise.”
Isn’t that like “it’s ok to throw a brick thru a window if you have a good reason“ added to ”never let a good crisis go to waste”……The meaning of this man’s words never changes if you really listen. Do as I say, not as I do is his favorite motto.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:38pmIf he was a good leader he would be telling our ally of the last 30 years that they must stop the uprising. If the uprising succeeds, al quada will take the place over.
godlovinmom
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:41pmthats because he knows whats best for us little people…I get that feeling from him everytime he speaks…a little late on the advice to Egypt though, Mr. President…
Report Post »The Vengislator
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:58pmNothing to see here. Move along. Move along.
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:11pmRight of free speech. Why are your supporters and operatives out with boycots against anyone that disagrees with them? Are they not suppressing free speech?
Report Post »JESUS-IS-LORD
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:22pmBarack’s Bumbling Buzz words: Peace, Promise, Reform, Freedom, Truth, Standard.
Report Post »The future of Egypt depends on whether God wants them to have peace, which if any of you ever read the bible, they will not. They had (insert any buzz word here) for a short time but it came to pass.
GONESURFING
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:26pmObama must be having another deer in the headlights moment.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:36pm‘OBAMA encourages Egypt to refrain from violence.’
Seems that OBAMA’S administration gave up 1.5 billion last year to Mubarack’s govt. And now Wikileaks has given up documents saying that the U.S. govt is behind this uprising in Egypt? It’s like a bad spy novel. Well, the truth will come out, and the American people, so sick and tired of politicians, will hold those responsible for their dishonesty, with extreme prejudice, if necessary. Where does OBAMA get off giving 1.5 billion to anyone when our economy is going in the toilet? Was this stimulus money? Where did this money come from for Egypt? My tax dollars? Did my tax dollars go to a dictator? Why am I really paying taxes? Should I continue to pay taxes? Why? Because I’ll go to jail? Don’t threaten me …
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:37pmSo he doesn’t want them “interferring with access to the internet” … does that mean they are going to stop trying to get the ability to do the same? Hypocrite.
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:39pmThis all started about a week ago with a Egyptian Coptic (Christian) uprising, because they are sick of being murdered by Islamists. Egypt is about 10% Christian and before Islam it was nearly 100% Christian. There are Muslims standing with Christians—-and then there is the Muslim Brotherhood which seeks to exploit this situation. Unfortunately, the majority of Egyptians want a caliphate. Over 14 centuries, they have lost their roots.
The hope for Egypt and other “Islamic” countries is that they remember their true history.
This historic interview on Israel National Radio shines light on the Pre-Abrahamic history of the “Middle-East” and exposes Islam for the reconstituted blood-thirst cult of Baal worship under the guise of a pseudo-monotheistic “religion” that it is.
http://www.marcrubin.com/judean-eve.ivnu
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:09pmEgypt, don’t result to violence, just manipulate the media, steal elections, smear your opponents, and spend money just like me. Make it rain Y’all. And blame all that violence in your country on the US Tea Party, just like me.
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:17pmSo
Report Post »Do you think if We The People took to the streets (which WE will NOT!) to demand Obama step down, he would? NO. He‘d do the same as Egypt’s, President Mubarak.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:49pm@beebacksoon
Report Post »If we did this to Obama, SEIU would be out breaking heads, we would be mowed down in the streets, his internet “Kill Switch” would be on so fast, geeks would explode everywhere, and if anyone survived, TSA would be aggressively groping everyone into submission. Then all you would see on TV is, “Look what the Tea Party did, and did you see American Idol last night? Within 2 days, the media would be on to the next story, probably about Snookie.
proantisocialist
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:31pmwhat is he afraid he might get same reaction here?
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 12:28amThe messiah has spoken…All must obey. Just more words from the Empty Suit……what a boy of a man child he is.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 1:22amDarmok and Jalad at Tanagra, we may have lost the battle already. I either heard it on the radio today or on the news on TV, but sometime in the last 24 hours I heard someone say that last nights “Jersey Shore” was the most watched program on TV with a huge viewership of some 13-14 million people.
Our country, and the world, is coming apart, and most Americans watched Jersey Shore….. sigh.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 1:42am@Curator_JDR
“This all started about a week ago with a Egyptian Coptic (Christian) uprising, because they are sick of being murdered by Islamists. Egypt is about 10% Christian and before Islam it was nearly 100% Christian. There are Muslims standing with Christians—-and then there is the Muslim Brotherhood which seeks to exploit this situation. Unfortunately, the majority of Egyptians want a caliphate. Over 14 centuries, they have lost their roots.”
False. The trigger event was a college kid who comitted suicide because he couldn’t get a job, and when he tried to set up a fruit stand to make a living he was forced out of business due to onerous regulations, permits and fees. Religion had nothing to do with it.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 1:44am@click4cheapandeasyweb
Report Post »Oh my head. Calgon, take me away.
AzDebi
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:41am“Obama sees Islam as a ”religion of Peace“ and absolves it and the bloody imams of any wrong doing and blames any ”bad acts” by devout Muslims on a tiny number of extremists, misunderstanders of Islam. We who can see know this is not true. He cannot or will not.
This is why he will stand by and do nothing to stop and perhaps even facilitate the rise of another Islamic “Republic”…what a joke.
the original aim when this plot was hatched was done with a true Democracy in mind. That notion went by the wayside when Obama stepped in. Either he is uninformed enough, biased enough that he actually believes that a Democracy will rise from this conflagration or his belief that Islam is nothing but good will allow the creation of another sharia run hellhole where people are stoned to death and barbarism thrives.
He probably believes that the Muslim brotherhood, the group that created AQ are just Muslim brothers.”
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:49am@SEEKER9: That doesn’t count
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:15amThe people of these countries are sick and tired of their lives and want reform, and so would you if you you lived there.
We might grumble ourselves about our own “hardships”, but let’s get real .
This is an opportunity for a new and young generation to live the lives we Westerners simply take for granted. And they deserve nothing less.
This is about ordinary people wanting ordinary lives and we should support them in every way we can…Remember how Obama refused to “get involved” during the protests in Iran (summer of 2009)…I knew then that we were in deep sh*t…I sure wish that their internet had not been suspended…we were able to offer a lot of encouragement to the people in Iran…they also fed us the “true picture” in “real time” …I know that they were looking to US and wanted to be certain WE here in the U.S. knew the truth…I cannot tell you how hurt I was that our administration offered NOTHING…it was awful! I don’t think that most Americans understand that we are STILL a beacon of hope for the rest of the world!
Report Post »One1
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 4:20amDid I hear him say; “listen to the citizens?” He should try it first.
Report Post »nptden
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 5:10amThere is an Iron Curtain descending on the Northern Hemisphere of the Americas….Initiated by Communists since prior Civil War days to infiltrate and ‘transform’ America into a socialist state…We are met here on a battlefield of that war. Seeing whether the in-roads they have made in usurping the black Civil Rights movement and the Labor Movement can long endure…..Cloward-Piven principles or not, I believe this country will repel and reject their efforts, based on the fundamental character of the American people……Regardless of their in-roads of their propaganda flooding and overtaking our media, they still know that a majority of Americans are patriots…We must call our troops home, before they find away to ambush our real hope in survival…
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 6:32amAccording to Barack Obama, the Egyptian people deserve “a government that is fair and just and responsive”… Give me a break! How about practicing some of that sage advice here in America, Obama?
Furthermore, where was Barack Obama during the Iranian uprising in the summer of 2009? Could we have helped the Iranian people overthrow their Islamic regime and perhaps prevented this uprising? I believe that Mubarek needs to step down and can only hope that a pro-democracy parliament, and not an Islamic regime, will take over…
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 10:00am@nptden: Beautiful! You are right…We will NOT go quietly into the night! It will not be easy, but we will overcome!
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 10:21amAs if this pompous wind bag would show restraint and use of non-violent police action if the Tea Party started rioting in the streets of Washington D.C. burning and bombing Govt. buildings. This man is such a 2-faced lying sack of crap I just about vomit every time I see his face… which is +5 times a day cuz he has his fugly mug everywhere you look.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 11:28amSo, I know, that makes no sense at all.
Obama Encourages Egyptian government to “Refrain From Violence” against protestors.
Does anyone suppose he will do the same when riots happen here? I wonder why the Posse Comitatus Act was changed.
Report Post »suttonea76
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 7:40pmtalk, talk, talk, talk, talk, golf a little, talk talk, talk talk, print some money, talk, talk, talk, talk, golf some more….rinse and repeat!
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 30, 2011 at 12:43amAmerica Encourages Obama To “Refrain From Socialism”
“Well, can‘t you see that’s the last act of a desperate man?” -sheriff Bart, Blazing Saddles
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