Protesters Storm U.S. Embassy in Cairo: Can the U.S. Ever Win in the Middle East?

by Chris D Posted 2012/09/11 21:00:00

Related Topics: Middle East, Muslim, american flag, Egypt, Muslims, US Embassy, Protests, Protester, Protesters, Mubarak

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	Only in Isreal	61 votes	12%

The U.S. supported the removal of the last regime in Egypt and now we have militant Muslims storming the U.S. embassy and raising black flags. With American help, these very militants were freed from the tyranny of Mubarak -- and now this? Can the U.S. ever win in the Middle East?

CNN.COM reports:
Angry protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and hauled down the American flag.

angry protesters climbed walls embassy cairo tuesday hauled american flag

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Transquesta 2012/09/11 21:10:10

No

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The best option is for us to get the hell out of the middle east, and to stay out! Following that would be to close our borders to ANY travel FROM the middle east. Complete quarantine. Nobody in, nobody out--at least not insofar as we're concerned. Fundamentalist Islam should be seen as the contagion it is, and it should be treated as such.
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Barbara to Mungu 2012/09/18 04:22:42

Durrr!~ I believe you....LMAO!

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Franklin to Steveth... 2012/09/13 11:47:25

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now that is just pure hate ! you had better try to blame the terrorists or make a plan to stand with them against people like me kid -

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Steveth... to Franklin 2012/09/17 15:58:32

You are a terrorist.

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tom C 2012/09/13 05:24:15

Yes

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But the rules are simple ...no media...do
What is needed to finish it...no being politically correct

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Sagan 2012/09/13 04:37:06

No

We're two completely different worlds.

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Captain-Morgan 2012/09/13 04:33:44

Yes

YES, BUT FIRST WE HAVE TO TURN ONE OR TWO OF THEIR COUNTRIES INTO GLASS FACTORY'S.. THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL WE GET THERE RESPECT... OTHERWISE, THE WAR WILL GO ON FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS OR LONGER...

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rk 2012/09/13 04:33:01

Yes

one way. kill or be killed

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ajracestables1 2012/09/13 04:06:30
chgo 2012/09/13 03:27:48

No

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the 2 wars in the Middle East cost Americans over $2 trillion...so far.

Republicans = fraud

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Miss Kris 2012/09/13 02:57:15

No

I don't see a way to win. I agree with the top comment on here, just get out and stay out. We should remain vigilant, however. Constant vigilance!

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Karl 2012/09/13 02:21:59

No

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There's too much xenophobia in this country.

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Franklin to Karl 2012/09/13 11:50:53

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sure thing Karl ....islam is sooooooooooooo Tolerant and america is so racist .

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Karl to Franklin 2012/09/13 21:41:46

I rest my case.

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Franklin to Karl 2012/09/16 13:27:10

what case kid ? the only point you ever had is the one on the top of your empty head-

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smilinbobs 2012/09/13 02:18:17

Yes

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The only way to win is to cut off all aid and stop trying to be the world police let them destroy each other and we are the winners. We can get oil elsewhere and I would rather pay a little more for gas than have to be a whore to the crazy religious zealots in the middle east.

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Elementer 2012/09/13 02:16:25

No

Sure we can! We beat the Viet Cong in Vietnam.

Oh wait.

Nevermind.

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Jon 2012/09/13 01:21:20

No

We're not supposed to win wars, just to make show out power and earn money for the Bildeberg Group and Associates.

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qq4x 2012/09/13 01:02:03 (edited)
violeteyz 2012/09/13 00:12:11

Only in Isreal

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When a culture is so sick a parent straps a child with bombs to maime,destroy and kill in the name of allah what do you think....

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FlyGalsMom to violeteyz 2012/09/13 01:31:53

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I think they are all Mo Frickie NUTS~~ TOO MUCH INBREEDING~

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violeteyz to FlyGalsMom 2012/09/13 17:33:47

I agree they are NUTS

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Brian 2012/09/12 23:55:34

No

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No we can't win the the war in the midle east, as long as we keep denying we are in war with them and ingnoring who they really are and what it is they want to do to us. We underestimate them at our peril.

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Dan 2012/09/12 23:54:34

No

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We can't even get along with the the other political parties in America. How are we going to "win" the Middle East?

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Franklin to Dan 2012/09/13 11:54:33

get along ? After 10 years of lies and hatred and attacks I see no reason to join liberals now in unity ...

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Robin B 2012/09/12 23:40:30

No

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No, they hate us and we kiss their ass! Israel is our only true friend in the Middle East and this bunch in the white house treat them like the enemy. This reinforces that Bo is a Jew hating Muslim.

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Bill 2012/09/12 23:31:49 (edited)

Yes

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Nuke them. Done deal. Won't hear from them again.

(Sorry, that seemed a bit harsh after re-reading it. NO NUKES. Use neutron bombs instead. It whacks the people but won't harm the structures or the oil fields very much.)

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Brian to Bill 2012/09/12 23:58:59

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A kinder gentler annihilation of vermin, nice

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Bill to Brian 2012/09/16 13:06:43

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I know. My compassion sometimes humbles me.

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Lyle 2012/09/12 22:53:08

Yes

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Even the worst behaved child can be disciplined. U.S. Embassies are U.S. property. An attack on an embassy is an act of war. All those surrounding, mobbing and entering the embassy are enemy combatants. Immediate and overwhelming retalliation against the crowd would discourage that kind of behavior. I would suggest napalm and C130 gunships on the first offence. A second offence would bring much more severe retailation. You can only poke the bull in the butt so many times before you pay the price. It is time to let them feel the horn.

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Seriously Folks 2012/09/12 22:10:47

Yes

If we can get Politicians like Romney to stop trying to SCORE POLITICAL POINTS.

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Bill to Serious... 2012/09/12 23:27:30 (edited)

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What political points? This whole thing reeks of politics and IS politics. However, I do remember Obummer being a foreign policy expert BEFORE he came into office. He was a foreign policy expert when he was in the Illinois senate and he built up even more expertise when he was In the U.S. Senate. From his vast 18 month experience in the Senate, he became even more expert as time went along. Obviously, we can see that he got a grade of "F" after resigning the Senate in 2008 so that he could carry on his foreign policy expertise in Syria, Egypt, Libya, North Korea, China and Russia. So far, so bad.

Romney is the nominee for the Presidency of the U.S. He has every right to weigh in with what he thinks is right and what may be his approach to such problems. Obama weighed in AGAINST Bush. What made him the expert at that time? Bush had alread had eight years of it, Obummer, zero years. Give me a break.

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Brian to Bill 2012/09/12 23:59:58

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Exactly!

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Thomas ... to Serious... 2012/09/13 02:18:30

Somebody has to expose that Jihadist in the White House>

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deckman204 to Serious... 2012/09/13 02:20:26

Kinda Like "Blaming Bush" during the Obama and McCain campaign???? Iraq, No Weapons of Mass Destruction, War for Oil, Etc........

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Trader1... to Serious... 2012/09/13 16:59:37

I seem to remember obama using deaths in Afghasistan to "score political points" when he was campaigning for president.

This is a free country (kind of) and Romney has every right to express his opinion along with every other citizen. Instead of jumping on Romney, why don't you ask your "precious" why he didn't attend his intel briefings during the week leading up to the attack? Why don't you ask him why he hasn't included Romney in those briefings, like he's suppose to do by law? Think he might be afraid that if Romney attends the briefings, little "precious" might have to give up his golf game and attend also?

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Billyk75 2012/09/12 21:54:20

No

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No one can win in the middle east except by genocide.

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Bill to Billyk75 2012/09/12 23:28:42

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OK I'll go along with that. 10 or 15 well placed 10 megaton bombs should do the trick. Problem solved.

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Billyk75 to Bill 2012/09/13 19:48:36

I wasn't saying we should commit genocide, I'm just saying that ther is no way to bring peace and stability to that region.

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Bill to Billyk75 2012/09/16 13:14:09

I like your first comment better.
However, I have softened and modified my opinion. We should use the equivalent of the 10 megaton bombs in neutron bombs. This would cause far less damage to the infrastructure and the oil fields. Yes, we may have to wait a while for it to stop glowing but in the end, no more fanatical murderers running around bathing in innocent blood just for kicks and in the name of Islam.

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David (oYo) 2012/09/12 21:49:27