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I dunno if we can blame this

artappraiser — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:57:58 +0000

In reply to US senators (in Cairo) call for Egypt dialogue

I dunno if we can blame this on them, but here's the current Al Jazeera English headline:

Egypt says no concessions to Morsi supporters

Interim president declares end of foreign-led efforts to resolve political crisis and warns patience is wearing thin.

More results of this attempt

artappraiser — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:19:28 +0000

In reply to US senators (in Cairo) call for Egypt dialogue

More results of this attempt at bipartisan foreign policy:

Egypt's ousting of Mohamed Morsi was a coup, says John McCain
US senator's choice of words to describe army's overthrow of president may have legal ramifications for US aid to Egypt
Martin Chulov in Cairo, The Guardian, 6 August 2013

[....] in Washington, the state department's Jen Psaki said: "Senators McCain and Graham are certainly entitled to their opinions … The US government has stated what our opinion is." [....]

I am not surprised in the

artappraiser — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 04:55:34 +0000

In reply to US senators (in Cairo) call for Egypt dialogue

I am not surprised in the least that these two are hitting the panic button after a few hours of meet and greet; excerpt from a Reuters piece on their reactions so far:

"Oh my God, I didn't know it was this bad. These folks are just days or weeks away from all-out bloodshed," McCain said during an interview in Cairo with "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley."