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Obama Calls for Egypt Transition to Begin Now, Urges Mubarak to Make ‘Right Decision’

FoxNews.com

Published February 04, 2011

President Obama speaks about Egypt during his joint news conference with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper Feb. 4. 

AP – President Obama speaks about Egypt during his joint news conference with Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper Feb. 4.

President Obama on Friday urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to begin the transition process “now,” condemning the recent string of attacks on journalists while expressing hope that the country can emerge from the unrest with a democratic system that respects the rights of its people.

“We want to see this moment of turmoil turn into a moment of opportunity,” Obama said. “The entire world is watching.”

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When Will The World Love Us?

Ron Futrell

BigJournalism.com

Posted by Ron Futrell Feb 4th 2011 at 1:20 pm

The media told us during the 2008 election that the world would love us if we elected Barack Hussein Obama to the White House. Certainly the Muslin world would adore us after we got rid of Evil Bush.

We were shown fabricated videos like these as proof that all we had to do was elect Dear Leader and we would have everything we wanted as Americans, we would have true value because others would love us.

Forget the fact here that it’s dysfunctional as a nation, or as an individual to always seek justification from others, this is just about the Promise of 2008.

Democrats and the Obama administration often like to say the media set unrealistic expectations on the young World Emperor, certainly the media continues its slobbering love for Dear Leader, but Obama also made this promise of global unity. He did it during his first speech in Cairo as President and during the campaign in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate.  Obama declared himself a “citizen of the world” (whatever that means) and promised he would “remake the world.” Politico called it a “manifesto for the planet” and that he would “unite Christians, Muslims and Jews in a safer, more united world.”

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