Morsi: Don't expect Egypt to live by America's rules

[Jackson]

Morsi: Don't expect Egypt to live by America's rules


On the eve of his first visit to the United States as Egypt's president, Islamist Mohammed Morsi said he will demonstrate more independence from the U.S. in decision-making than his predecessor Hosni Mubarak and told Washington not to expect Egypt to live by its rules.

Morsi criticized U.S. dealings with the Arab world, saying it is not possible to judge Egyptian behavior and decision-making by American cultural standards. He said Washington earned ill will in the region in the past by backing dictators and taking "a very clear" biased approach against the Palestinians and for Israel.

In the interview, Morsi dismissed criticism that he responded too slowly when protesters managed to scale the walls of the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Sept. 11. The demonstrators replaced the American flag with a banner carrying the Islamic declaration of faith.

Morsi said he needed to deal with the situation "wisely" and took time to avoid a backlash from an angry but small crowd of protesters.


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Morsi is being clear. So should we. With their change in direction...So should our money...right back to Washington.We have no option now.

 

[GuyPinestra]

And we refuse to live by their 7th century rules, as well!

Take your Sharia shit and shove it up your ass, Mohammed!!

 

[Jackson]

Since they are now making the rules, we can just take our marbles and go home. Let them burn. But get our people the hell out of that Sin Hole.

 

[tyroneweaver]

wow what a stunning rebuke of the moslem president.

I'm all for pulling out of that ME hole but,

Morsi telling obama to go to hell. No video was responsible for this decision.

 

[Jackson]

wow what a stunning rebuke of the moslem president.

I'm all for pulling out of that ME hole but,

Morsi telling obama to go to hell. No video was responsible for this decision.

Yeah, that makes Obama look even worse.

 

[courseofhistory]

I agree. Let them all kill each other for all I care! Since they want to live by their own rules of unrest and violence, let them finance it themselves too--no more aid, no more tourism. America should issue travel warnings if they haven't already. What's left of their tourist business will be finished off!

 

[buckeye45_73]

wow what a stunning rebuke of the moslem president.

I'm all for pulling out of that ME hole but,

Morsi telling obama to go to hell. No video was responsible for this decision.

Yep, but some of them still need a come to jesus on that.....they really really hoped it was a mean ole video.....some people are fucking retarded

 

[BecauseIKnow]

America doesn't decide how Israel goes by. And they don't for Egypt

 

[waltky]

Morsi comes out in favor of Syrian no-fly zone...

Morsi Cuts Egypt's Syria Ties, Backs No-fly Zone
June 15, 2013 — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said he had cut all diplomatic ties with Damascus on Saturday and backed a no-fly zone over Syria, pitching the most populous Arab state more firmly against President Bashar al-Assad.

Addressing a rally called by Sunni Muslim clerics in Cairo, the Sunni Islamist head of state also warned Assad's ally, the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shi'ite militia Hezbollah, to pull back from fighting in Syria. "Hezbollah must leave Syria. These are serious words," said Morsi, whose country hosted a conference of Sunni clerics this week who issued a call for holy war against Damascus. "There is no space or place for Hezbollah in Syria."

The rally underscored the region's deepening sectarian rift. A cleric who spoke before Morsi described Shi'ites as heretics, infidels, oppressors and polytheists. It was also a show of support for Morsi as his opponents mobilize for protests to demand early presidential elections. Morsi waved Syrian and Egyptian flags as he entered the auditorium packed with 20,000 supporters. The crowd chanted: "From the free revolutionaries of Egypt: We will stamp on you, Bashar!"

Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood politician, steered clear of direct references to Shi'ites and Iran but in a partial allusion to Tehran, he accused states in the region and beyond of feeding "a campaign of extermination and planned ethnic cleansing" in Syria. "We decided today to entirely break off relations with Syria and with the current Syrian regime," he said. He also urged world powers not to hesitate to enforce a no-fly zone over Syria. Western diplomats said on Friday that Washington was considering a limited no-fly zone over parts of Syria, but the White House said later that the United States had no national interest in pursuing that option.

Russia, an ally of Assad and fierce opponent of outside military intervention in Syria, said any attempt to impose a no-fly zone using F-16 fighter jets and Patriots based in Jordan would be illegal. Morsi said he was organizing an urgent summit of Arab and other Islamic states to discuss the situation in Syria, where the United States has in recent days decided to take steps to arm the rebels. Egypt's U.S.-funded and -trained army is among the most powerful in the Middle East. There has been no suggestion, however, that Egypt, a country steeped in poverty, should get involved in the fighting in Syria.

Warns Against Violence

 

[Avatar4321]

Why is our tax money going to help this guy again?