What I said was still correct, the last half of the quote was irrelevant as I never implied he considered them an enemy. If you want to nitpick, feel free to talk amongst yourself because I'm not going to play these silly games.
No, what you said was NOT correct. You are rewriting the rules of the game, you know.
NBC's chief foreign correspondent was more than surprised by Obama's ally or enemy comment. From the NEWS SOURCE as was my previous remark:
TODD: I just want to get your first reaction, before you give me a report, of the President saying Egypt was not an ally or an enemy.
ENGEL: Yeah, I almost had to sit down when I heard that. For the last forty years, the United States has had two main allies in the Middle East — Saudi Arabia and Egypt, the other ally in the Middle East being Israel. For the President to come out and say, well, he’s not exactly sure if Egypt is an ally any more but it’s not an enemy, that is a significant change in the perspective of Washington toward this country, the biggest country in the Arab world. It makes one wonder, well, was it worth it? Was it worth supporting the Arab Spring, supporting the demonstrations here in Tahrir Square, when now in Tahrir Square there are clashes going on behind me right in front of the US embassy?
You can see now teargas coming — teargas being fired into a crowd of demonstrators who are trying to get close to the embassy, which is at the end of the street, and throw rocks at the US embassy. A very different scene here, a very different Egypt before, when the United States — President Obama — was supporting the demonstrators, President Mubarak was in power, and Egypt was very much an ally. The President doesn’t seem to be sure if Egypt is an ally any more, and some demonstrators who the Arab Spring helped give a voice to are trying to attack the US embassy.
I guess you just completely miss the point. Wondergirl was using the president's own words to make her point about context. You keep using someone else's opinion of his words.
I guess you just completely miss the point. Wondergirl was using the president's own words to make her point about context. You keep using someone else's opinion of his words.
One thousand greenies! You explained it better than even I could have.
I guess you just completely miss the point. Wondergirl was using the president's own words to make her point about context. You keep using someone else's opinion of his words.
I never miss the point but you both did. I was having a conversation with ex, that's how friends talk. But perhaps you don't have any friends so you may not know that, and if that's the case you have my pity.
If you two want to keep playing games feel free to congratulate each other on how brilliantly you think you smacked down the conservative and play amongst yourselves while ex and I talk. I couldn't care less what either of you think.
I never miss the point but you both did. I was having a conversation with ex, that's how friends talk. But perhaps you don't have any friends so you may not know that, and if that's the case you have my pity.
If you two want to keep playing games feel free to congratulate each other on how brilliantly you think you smacked down the conservative and play amongst yourselves while ex and I talk. I couldn't care less what either of you think.
I'll just quote this for posterity. A real insight into the conservative mindset.
How is this playing games? You deliberately gave the wrong impression about a quote taken out of context. And last I knew, this is an open board and doesn't belong to just two members. Maybe I don't have the proper ID?
I was indeed about to post the same thing. It is not a game when we try to keep facts involved in our discussions. Then accusing us of the same things that you do is poor form indeed. If you and your friends want to have a private chat you can use many free instant messaging programs, I can point you to a few if you want. But if you post disinformation here you WILL be called on it... whether you call it "games" or not.
How is this playing games? You deliberately gave the wrong impression about a quote taken out of context. And last I knew, this is an open board and doesn't belong to just two members. Maybe I don't have the proper ID?
That's an outright lie Wondergirl, I did not deliberately mislead, I referred to and I quote, an "Emmy Award winning journalist" from NBC, but I showed you that way back. Nitpicking on something that has no bearing on the meaning of my comment is a game in my opinion.
As for your "this is an open board" remark, I have done nothing to prevent you from participating or suggest you shouldn't. It was an explanation as to why I didn't feel the need for context, it was just a remark to ex - we've been talking to each other that way for years on multiple boards you know.
Did Obama say he didn't consider Egypt an ally? Yes. Did he shun Bibi? Yes. Did I justify my comment to ex and cite the source? Yes. I have thoroughly addressed your initial complaint so if you want to pursue this further I can only consider it intentional provocation.
I was indeed about to post the same thing. It is not a game when we try to keep facts involved in our discussions. Then accusing us of the same things that you do is poor form indeed. If you and your friends want to have a private chat you can use many free instant messaging programs, I can point you to a few if you want. But if you post disinformation here you WILL be called on it...whether you call it "games" or not.
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