Clean Slate

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A speech that could have been delivered by Obama--but not speeches that change things

Unrest in Egypt
January 28th, 2011
President Hosni Mubarak said he is "on the side of the people" and vowed to take steps to guarantee the rights and freedom of Egyptians, develop job opportunities and to "stand by the poor."
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The unholy alliance. Israel gets twice as much foreign aid from D.C. Where were the threats when Israel was attacking Gaza using tactics the U.N. called war crimes?

Obama to Mubarak: Don't use force on your people
Calls on Egyptian leader to fulfill promises; U.S. to review $1.5 billion in aid
WASHINGTON — Increasing the pressure on Egypt's leaders, President Barack Obama said Friday that the government should refrain from using violence against protesters and his administration threatened to reduce foreign aid depending on President Hosni Mubarak's response.

Threat To Cut U.S. Aid Opens Rift With Egypt
By Nathan Guttman
Published January 09, 2008, issue of January 11, 2008.

Pro-Israel advocates in Washington refrained from contesting a congressional decision last month to withhold part of American military aid to Egypt, in what appears to be a departure from a 30-year-old unwritten understanding that Israel would help Cairo fight off any efforts to cut American assistance to Egypt.
The lack of support for Cairo among Israel’s allies in Washington so rankled the Egyptians that Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu Gheit accused the pro-Israel lobby last month of trying to “harm Egypt’s interests with the Congress,” and has prompted talk of a deepening crisis in Egypt’s relations with Israel and the United States.
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All we gotta do to bring Israel finally in line is cut off aid and support to it but we use them to keep the region in turmoil

Press Dan Perry, Associated Press –
DAVOS, Switzerland – A diverse panel of decision-makers and experts from the United States, Europe and the Middle East found common ground on just one thing when it comes to dealing with the Iranian nuclear program Friday: A military strike could well spark a devastating counterattack.
Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki al-Faisal urged the United States to pressure Israel to quit its own reported nuclear weapons as a way of coaxing Iran to drop its suspected weapons program as well.

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