It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => World/Foreign Affairs => Topic started by: Pandora on January 26, 2012, 01:43:53 AM
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Egyptian authorities are barring several U.S. citizens — including Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s son — from leaving the country after Egyptian government forces raided the offices of Washington-backed groups monitoring recent parliamentary elections there. (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71981.html)
Was there with an NGO monitoring Egyptian elections.
Money-quote, and I do mean money, at the bottom of page 1:
Egyptian officials said they are looking into “foreign influence” during the recent elections, although congressional sources and U.S. experts believe it is more over the future of U.S. aid to Egypt and who controls it.
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Yeah, well, let me make one point perfectly clear - if those MB assholes are running things there should be ZERO aid going to Egypt, period!
And any American held against their will should be declared an act of war and responded to accordingly.
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I wish it had happened to Ray instead of his son .
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MB Scumbag - "Hello? Washington?"
Washington - "Yeah, whattaya want?"
MB Scumbag - "$100 million for the safe return of Ray LaHood!"
Washington - "Who?"
MB Scumbag - "Ray LaHo..."
Washington - "Oh, him, you can keep him." (Click)
MB Scumbag - "Hello? Hello?"
::laughonfloor::
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Ray LaHood is the asshole who says the era of policies favoring motorized transportation is over (http://bicycleanchorage.org/wordpress/?p=957), and that walking and bicycling will be given equal consideration in transportation policy. In other words, no more first-world transportation. Walk and ride bikes and donkeys like the 3rd world.
Keep his kid, dirty 'slims, and please place the rusty blade to his neck.
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Ray LaHood is also the statist who led the witch hunt against Toyota over a non-existent acceleration problem. The true purpose of it was to shake them down for daring to have non-union factories in the US.
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Yeah. Cosmic justice would see Ray LaHood bouncing off the hood of a Toyota!
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MB Scumbag - "Hello? Washington?"
Washington - "Yeah, whattaya want?"
MB Scumbag - "$100 million for the safe return of Ray LaHood!"
Washington - "Who?"
MB Scumbag - "Ray LaHo..."
Washington - "Oh, him, you can keep him." (Click)
MB Scumbag - "Hello? Hello?"
::laughonfloor::
best laugh of the day!
::laughonfloor:: ::laughonfloor:: ::laughonfloor::
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I suppose right now wouldn't be a good time to ask Ray how he feels about the "Arab Spring" .
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I suppose right now wouldn't be a good time to ask Ray how he feels about the "Arab Spring" .
He got what he and his president wanted and now he personally has to pay the price for his decision.I wish the son no harm but the father as many sleepless nights as his choices have caused to others.
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I suppose right now wouldn't be a good time to ask Ray how he feels about the "Arab Spring" .
You could ask him, but you will first have to pry is fat lips off Obama's arse!
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I think Ray should rush right over to Iran and demand they give him back his baby boy. Maybe they can help us start cleaning up this country.
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Ray LaHood is the asshole who says the era of policies favoring motorized transportation is over (http://bicycleanchorage.org/wordpress/?p=957), and that walking and bicycling will be given equal consideration in transportation policy.
Except for the ruling elite, of course. They will continue to drive SUV's and large luxury cars.
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Update: Egypt to try 19 Americans for 'illegally' receiving foreign funds to promote democracy (http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/02/egypt_to_try_19_americans_for_illegally_receiving_foreign_funds_to_promote_democracy.html)
Including Sam LaHood.
The State Department has not said that by seeking refuge at the embassy the workers would be immune from arrest but it is an option the U.S. may try to execute if it decides not to cooperate with Egyptian authorities.
There may be several reasons for this action by the Egyptian government, none of them good. They may be trying to force an open break with the US, thus currying favor with the mobs in the streets. Or, it may simply be a propaganda effort to deflect blame from the military for the crackdown in recent months. The military has made it a point to blame "foreign hands" for the violence and demonstrations.
Whatever the reason, a diplomatic storm is about to break and US-Egyptian relations are right in its path.
I still think they want money.
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When the students freedom fighters come for those in embassy sanctuary will the media
cover it? Will the media mention it's eerie resemblance to that incident in Iran during the Carter
administration?
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When the students freedom fighters come for those in embassy sanctuary will the media
cover it? Will the media mention it's eerie resemblance to that incident in Iran during the Carter
administration?
Hell no,they would have to admit what they allowed to happen with our help.
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The State Department has not said that by seeking refuge at the embassy the workers would be immune from arrest but it is an option the U.S. may try to execute if it decides not to cooperate with Egyptian authorities.
Anybody else think this is a radical departure from SOP? Or do I have a misunderstanding of how embassies are supposed to work, as in, exist as sovereign territory?
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The State Department has not said that by seeking refuge at the embassy the workers would be immune from arrest but it is an option the U.S. may try to execute if it decides not to cooperate with Egyptian authorities.
Anybody else think this is a radical departure from SOP? Or do I have a misunderstanding of how embassies are supposed to work, as in, exist as sovereign territory?
That doesn't mean shyt to arabs/persians I.E. iranian hostages.
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The State Department has not said that by seeking refuge at the embassy the workers would be immune from arrest but it is an option the U.S. may try to execute if it decides not to cooperate with Egyptian authorities.
Anybody else think this is a radical departure from SOP? Or do I have a misunderstanding of how embassies are supposed to work, as in, exist as sovereign territory?
That doesn't mean shyt to arabs/persians I.E. iranian hostages.
That's why I wrote "supposed", and it's State's JOB to make it quite clear that Americans taking refuge in our embassy ARE immune from arrest. Well, usually, another State Dept., in another time.
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There's also supposed to be a contingency of Marines at the embassy.
In Iran, Carter told them to stand down.
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There's also supposed to be a contingency of Marines at the embassy.
In Iran, Carter told them to stand down.
As much as I hate the old fool he did it not to have their blood on his hand and probably saved their lives. But he didn't do it for them it was all about him the S.O.B..
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If the embassy was under attack and being defended by the Marines
it would have been incumbent upon him to send reinforcements.
And then, oh, I forgot, we don't do imperialism we do peace and love.
We got a lot of that didn't we?
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http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/03/obama-administration-paid-5-million-to-buy-freedom-for-us-activists-in-egypt/ (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/03/obama-administration-paid-5-million-to-buy-freedom-for-us-activists-in-egypt/)
Correction: American TAXPAYERS paid 4.8 million to free Ray LaHood's son.
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There's a hell of a difference between posting bond and paying extortion .
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There's a hell of a difference between posting bond and paying extortion .
They can call it whatever they want. As for "posting bond", that was supposedly to ensure they returned for the "trial". Think that's going to happen? Think the Egyptians know that?
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Send that bastard back and give me my refund! ::outrage::
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Send that bastard back and give me my refund! ::outrage::
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Send that bastard back and give me my refund! ::outrage::
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