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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

How's that smart power working out?

I don't think the Egyptian military wants to date the U.S. anymore. I wasn't sure before, as you can see at the link, but I am now (sorry about the link to Slate). An interview with Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt’s defense minister, armed forces commander, and deputy prime minister and the guy who is driving everything in Egypt right now, yielded this quote about the U.S. and the Obama administration's so-called smart power:
You left the Egyptians, you turned your back on the Egyptians, and they won’t forget that. Now you want to continue turning your backs on Egyptians? The U.S. interest and the popular will of the Egyptians don’t have to conflict. We always asked the U.S. officials to provide advice to the former president to overcome his problems.
We fucked our 30-year ally Hosni Mubarak in favor of a popular uprising, then we fucked the democracy-minded people behind that uprising in favor of the Islamist, West-hating  Muslim Brotherhood. Any surprise the pro-democracy forces in Egypt don't want us to fuck them again?

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