Things in Cairo, Egypt just became more complicated as President Hosni Mubarak spoke on national television tonight, stating firmly he is not resigning. This news, and a second speech delivered by Omar Suleiman, was not received well by protesters in Tahrir Square. Crowds which have been gathered for some 17 days remain adamant that they will not leave until Mubarak steps down. On top of that, we had more nonsense in America as Barack Obama’s National Intelligence Director, James Clapper, told Congress that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt was largely a benign, secular group.
The political chaos in Egypt only shows more failings of a weak administration here. How can people like Clapper hold key jobs when they are so blind to reality? As his prepared remarks were obviously written for him, what does this say about the upper management of our intelligence services? At least the FBI Director, Robert Muller, acknowledged that the Brotherhood has had a history of violence and spoke further on them during a closed hearing.
For news on today’s CPAC events, here are some sites covering the conference:
Michelle Malkin.com also examines Trump’s appearance today.
HotAir.com has an interview with Richard Dreyfus, who is attending CPAC.
BigJournalism.com provides a schedule of their coverage of CPAC 2011.
DailyCaller.com also examines Donald Trump’s speech.
LonelyConservative.com looks at Michele Bachmann’s speech today at CPAC.
ThePajamaPundit.com also covers Bachmann’s speech.
RightWingNews.com highlights some inside happenings as David Keenes resigns from CPAC.
AmericanThinker.com covers the GOProud – CPAC story.
Getting back to the crisis in Egypt and Hosni Mubarak, James Clapper’s statement to Congress comes just days after Mohamed Ghanem, a high-ranking leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, called on his nation to prepare for war with Israel. Protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square were not pleased with tonight’s speeches by Mubarak nor Omar Suleiman. The ruling government shows no signs of stepping down anytime soon.
February 10th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Looks like all the sand monkey’s are going to go crazy tomorrow. Makes for good TV.
February 10th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Anyone watch Beck today ?
Jeez Loueeez I thought he was gonna have an aneurysm.
If anyone’s got friends in Israel you might want to talk to them about taking a vacation here for a while
February 10th, 2011 at 7:14 pm
It may be that the military will take this opportunity to let the demonstrators have it and target the MB specifically with the idea of wiping them out. This will shut down all this in not only Egypt but in any other country of the middle east. If so, Barry will be left with his c*ck in his fist.
February 11th, 2011 at 5:19 am
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February 11th, 2011 at 8:46 am
Well, dude’s gone. Will this become another Iran?
February 11th, 2011 at 9:08 am
@L Riveria
Yep, he’s LONG-GONE!!!
What happens next, who can say? In an ideal world, peace and liberty will rise to the occasion. But when was the last time the world was ideal?
February 11th, 2011 at 9:09 am
@ Micky
Yeah, Beck went into his best ‘Howard Beale’ routine last night. I’m sure the moonbats at MessNBC will have a field day over it.