>>If not he has certainly signaled his willingness to do so.
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>>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/world/middleeast/29diplo.html?hp
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>>IMO this is the way an American President should act in a crisis. Egypt is an ally, or as close as we have to one in the Arab world, but Obama is saying there are some things we will not turn a blind eye to. Good for him. I know there are some who will never give him a break, but I don't think Teddy Roosevelt could have done this any better. And we don't even know what private talks went on before it reached this point.
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>Sure we do:
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>You are waaaayyyyyy behind. Get your head out of the NYTimes for a few minutes and you'd be amazed at what goes on in the world and right in your own backyard... :o)
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>The same thing is happening in other countries and has been all week (Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia where it all started, Albania, small restrictions and protests in Syria, etc although on a much smaller scale than Egypt). I'm waiting for Saudi Arabia to blow up..

I'm waiting for gas to get to $4.00 a galllon soon... wait... they predicted this morning that it will hit $4.00 by April.

And now I'm seeing on the Internet predictions of $5.00 a gallon by 2013. maybe sooner....

sigh.... Wait till Saudia Arabia goes under and Iran has control of ALL the middle east oil. Sigh.....