Visiting Egypt’s military junta, Secretary of State John Kerry reportedly expressed “strong support” for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, while assuring the junta, which has been massacring people who participate in peaceful protests, that they’ve got even stronger support still.
Kerry assured President Sisi of billions of dollars in continued US military aid, and in particular promised that ordered helicopter gunships would be sent to Egypt’s junta “very, very soon.”
Sisi, for his part, promised to continue to move against “terrorism,” which pleased Kerry. Since the junta has designated most public protesters as terrorists, however, it suggests the policy of crackdowns will continue.
The former defense minister, Sisi orchestrated a military coup last summer against the elected government, and has since been elected president, albeit in a vote in which all significant opposition parties were banned from participating, and indeed, during which many opposition figures were imprisoned pending execution for “terrorism” related charges.
Kerry is planning a return trip coinciding with the upcoming mass executions in order to express “strong support” for due process.
Nice of Kerry to confirm that America is planning to award the prize in the "Which Dictator Can Kill The Most of His Own People" contest and send along those people-killing helicopters. After all, Sisi worked hard to stay ahead of Bahrain. And I'm sure Sisi was a little worried that the contest deadline might be extended since he sees the Kiev fascists making a strong run towards the prize.
Gee, I wonder who SOS Kerry expects those helicopters to be used against? It most certainly isn't Israel, or else the US wouldn't send them. And Egypt isn't fighting anyone else. I suppose seeing Apache helicopters strafing and bombing Tahir Square is all that's left.
Is Kerry a bankster or a secretry of state?
Or a ketchup salesman who is totally out of his depth?
No, he's Dick Cheney in a Lerch costume.
Isn't that what the Job of SecState has become? They run around the world guaranteeing billions of American Taxpayer $$$ to all the little tyrants willing to do Uncle Sam's bidding.
It's like I'm really reading the transcript of a Monty Python skit.
I hear they are still looking for people to man a one-way mission to Mars. Mister Kerry, please?
Remember when nominating Kerry was supposed to be a signal that there was going to be change?
That was nonsense of course, as these officials serve 'at the pleasure of the President'. In other words, the day Kerry does something Obama doesn't like, Obama asks for his resignation and appoints the next in line.
Thus, don't think for a second that sending Kerry off on a brave mission to bring ketchup to Mars would change a think here on Earth. Change has to be bigger and higher up than that. Don't fall for the propaganda that a new SOS or a new SOD to replace Hagel will make a bit of difference.
On the other hand, we could massively reject this Congress in the fall and send back a slate full of Independents, Greens and Libertarians, and that would change things in a big hurry. And we could follow that up by electing a President who isn't a Dem or a Repub 2 years later.
It’s the glorious sound of “freedom and democracy” being brought to grateful Egyptians by the wise and benevolent Washington elite.
Because Egypt just sentenced Al Jazeera journalists to 7-10 years in prison, we can infer that Kerry also expressed “strong support” for freedom of the press.
Amerika, it is where I was born and live, but it is NOT my country. Where again is that WMD? Why do we support "kingdoms" and military dictatorships and claim to support democracy and freedom? I do not believe even 10% of the American people want us involved in any of this conflict and I also do not believe a majority supports Israel and its brutal occupation of the Palestinian territories, but obviously our votes do not count. I remember when Kerry spoke out against the Vietnam War, but it was only after he had voluntarily participated in that holocaust and it was popular to protest. He is an idiot and with his Botox shaped funny face truly an accurate image of what Amerika has become. All image, no character.