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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VX 2012/09/12 21:46:04

Yes

Depends on what is considered a win.

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Thomas G Towns 2012/09/12 21:24:03

Yes

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Genocide comes to mind. Five wives Five kids each half male the womb is there biggest weapon.They are breeding like cockroaches.These excuses for humans are not fit to live in this world.Death to Islam a false religon that preaches murder.

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Mog of War to Thomas ... 2012/09/12 22:35:44

You know the number of females in the population does not increase when a society opts for polygamy, so it does nothing to increase the birth rate.

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nat75 to Thomas ... 2012/09/13 01:54:12

so if we dont agree with them, or they are different then us then we should just kill them? how does that make us any better than they are?

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deckman204 to nat75 2012/09/13 02:22:42

Why not they are hell bent on killing each other anyway.....

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nat75 to deckman204 2012/09/13 15:59:17

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so i think we should just get out of the region and let them kill each other if they want but dont interfere. then they dont have reason to blame us for anything

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deckman204 to nat75 2012/09/13 17:58:03

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I agree, but they will still find a reason to hate and blame us.....

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Tennessee3501 2012/09/12 21:02:38

Yes

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We won the "Cold War" without firing a shot! We can win in the Middle East by destroying the terrorists before they destroy us. We should also help our allies! Anybody ever hear of a place called Israel?

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NeutronBomb 2012/09/12 20:47:32

No

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What do you mean by "win"?

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Cookielane 2012/09/12 20:22:46

No

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People over there hold life as expendable we we do the unborn. The more we fight, the more they slaughter each other, and us.

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Trader1... to Cookielane 2012/09/13 17:02:10

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I raved you, but please take me off your list of people who hold that the unborn are expendable. thank you ....

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Cookielane to Trader1... 2012/09/13 17:15:48

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LOL! Duly noted!

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BobStrauss 2012/09/12 20:15:05

Yes

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If we make them play by our rules.

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E.Griffin 2012/09/12 19:42:40

Only in Isreal

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The best we can do is just defend Israel with everything we have. The Caliphate is almost complete...the one thing Obama DID build.

It's his October surprise in September and his "Wag the Dog" scheme.

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Steve ☮ R ☮ P ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/09/12 19:36:32
dick 2012/09/12 19:36:13

No

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You can't force freedom on a group that lives and breaths hatred

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Kozmo to dick 2012/09/13 06:21:46

The Imam is a RADICAL, how about talking to some moderates, like Sufis. We talk about Christ together. http://vimeo.com/channels/suf...

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dick to Kozmo 2012/09/13 22:30:12

Why bother a muslim is a muslim ask him if he would follow the orders of his leader if they told him to kill for Islam ya know their prime directive is if you will not convert you must die.

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Kozmo to dick 2012/09/18 08:26:11

Not all Muslims are Fanatics but looks like a lot of Christians are (IMNSHO)
from what I've seen on SH recently.

"All a bad person needs to become a leader is for the good people to do nothing"
- Edmund Burke

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~Here Comes The Sun~ 2012/09/12 19:34:31

No

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No, I'm not saying that the middle east has not had anything to do with violence but America aren't angels... George Bush started a war in the middle east which since 2003, has causing the lives of 132,000 + men, women and children!! So I think the US army should get out of the middle east and stop causing wars for oil....

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deckman204 to ~Here C... 2012/09/13 02:32:04 (edited)

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News flash. The Middle East was at war long before Bush was even in politics....

War for oil? did we miss something over here in the US? I am paying 4.00 a gallon for gasoline..... Did you guys over in the UK get some windfall profit from some Shiek in the Arab Emirates?

I can see by your profile you are like the rest of the sheep that follow Obama here in the US. Your unemployed but a College Grad, your income level at 0-25,000 and your a "Bush Blamer" The DNC could have sure used you during their convention.....

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~Here C... to deckman204 2012/09/13 02:54:33

Bush did not help. You don't know my circumstances of WHY I am not employed! So don't fu*cking judge me , doesn't mean I know nothing. Bush, I believe caused 9/11 whether you want to admit it or not, its hidden under the news and what people tell you and went there for to get oil, 4 dollars is half of what you pay for gas than in the UK..
the twin towers are the first towers to fall so quick to a fire... I have seen documentaries about that and a film called loose change, they seem so legit, logical... this site will hate me for saying this and I'm sorry but its my opinion... Bush is to blame for the excess hatred.....

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DDogbreath 2012/09/12 19:33:59

No

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That depends on what you would determine a "win".

Can we go there and kill more of their people than ours get killed? Probably

Can we go there and bomb the area into total obliteration? Probably.

Will we be any safer and create fewer enemies doing this? Doubtful.

We should stick to our own "rule of law". Isn't that what we elect our leaders to do? Why are they having such a problem doing that?

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blindfaith 2012/09/12 19:32:56

No

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The only winners in the Middle East are themselves, tribe against tribe. The fighting in all unstable Arab countries is similar to Northern Ireland, one sect opposing the other, and they are too involved to stop. The UK despite being in the wrong 200 years ago, did try to stop the violence, and became embroiled in the conflict. The West has become too involved in the Arab Spring uprising, it's time to leave well alone and concentrate on domestic issues.

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chas 2012/09/12 17:37:07

No

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Tunnel Vision 2012/09/12 17:36:58 (edited)

No

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Henriet... to Tunnel ... 2012/09/12 17:45:26
Tunnel ... to Henriet... 2012/09/12 18:02:12 (edited)

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Thank you for reminding me why I do not answer political polls.

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Apollo ... to Tunnel ... 2012/09/12 18:15:20

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Sometimes you just wander into one and forget...let their insanity be a lesson to us all.

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Henriet... to Apollo ... 2012/09/12 20:04:12
Ruby De... to Henriet... 2012/09/13 01:16:35

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Henriet... to Ruby De... 2012/09/13 02:20:11
Ruby De... to Henriet... 2012/09/13 02:28:04

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Henriet... to Ruby De... 2012/09/13 03:19:25
Ruby De... to Henriet... 2012/09/13 03:48:44

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No one asked for your "education".

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Apollo ... to Henriet... 2012/09/13 05:07:19

+2

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Melizmatic to Tunnel ... 2012/09/12 23:15:24

+3

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chas to Tunnel ... 2012/09/13 00:08:14

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twhiting9275 2012/09/12 17:36:54

No

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Someone should be embarrassed by their spelling issues Isreal, really? Even Chrome knows that's spelled wrong, and how to spell it PROPERLY

Back to the topic at hand.. Hands down, hell, no. Time to get out of there and let others do what they should be.

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Henriet... to twhitin... 2012/09/13 02:22:43