Friday, February 11, 2011

Crisis Puts White House in Disarray - WSJ.com

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Ok, explain this one to me: we avoid putting pressure on our enemy in Iran when their people take to the streets in protest, but we throw our longtime ally, Mubarek, under the bus? What the hell?

I get that he needs to go. I get that democracy has a chance to flourish. Ok. But after getting all Jimmy Carter and sanctimonious with the Egyptians, how can we possibly believe we will have any more influence in the transition of power?