Cairo and Obama

UPDATE: Well, well, well.

Here's a shocker: Obama Administration Distances Self From Statement Issued by US Embassy in Cairo.

The Obama administration today distanced itself from a statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.

...An administration official tells ABC News that “no one in Washington approved that statement before it was released and it doesn’t reflect the views of the U.S. government.”

Yeah?

Well, why did it take so long for the White House to "distance itself"?

These reactions always come after the stuff has already hit the fan and it's clear Obama is suffering politically.

There's always an inexcusable delay and the delay casts doubts about the sincerity and motivation of the comments.

By the way, where's Obama's personal statement on the attacks?

Is that the big, loud-mouthed cricket living in our garage that I hear, or is it Obama?
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I guess Obama's grovelling in Egypt didn't work.

Arab Spring?

I don't think so.



It's clear that the Obama administration accepts the attack on our embassy in Cairo by radical Islamists.

Peace through weakness?

That doesn't work.

Does Obama enjoy seeing the walls of our embassy scaled by Islamist protesters, the U.S. flag removed from our embassy, ripped apart, and replaced with a black flag similar to one used by al Qaeda?

And what sort of statement does the embassy release? One condemning the radical Islamists?

Of course not. This is your country under Obama.

Here's the statement from the U.S. embassy:

The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.

An American was killed at a similar protest at our embassy in Libya.

Where's the apology for that?

I agree with Charles Krauthammer's reaction to this pathetic statement.

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: That statement is an embarrassment. That's a hostage statement. That's a mob of al Qaeda sympathizers in Egypt forcing the United States into making a statement essentially of apology, on 9/11 of all days, for something of which we are not responsible.

I would issue a statement saying to the mob, 'Go to hell.' The way America works, the way a democracy works, is that everybody has a right to express themselves. We don't police our speech and you ought to apologize to the United States for storming an embassy, and the violation of the ultimate sacred principle of democracy, which is protecting embassies and missions abroad. For the U.S. to, what, essentially, issue a veiled apology, I think is disgraceful.

Yes, it's disgraceful.

We're in Obama's world now.

We need Mitt Romney in the White House.

Obama embraces the Muslim Brotherhood while he abandons Israel.

Nice way for Obama to commemorate 9/11.