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marmar

(77,097 posts)
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:05 AM Sep 2013

Hasn't Egypt suffered enough? We had to do THIS to them?





Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) suggested the Muslim Brotherhood was behind the 9/11 attacks during a press conference in Egypt on Saturday.

"We have seen the threat that the Muslim Brotherhood has posed here for the people in Egypt. We have seen the threat that the Muslim Brotherhood has posed around the world," Bachmann said. "We stand against this great evil. We are not for them. We remember who caused 9/11 in America. We remember who it was that killed 3,000 brave Americans. We have not forgotten.”

The Muslim Brotherhood denounced the attacks shortly after they occurred, with several leaders saying they were "horrified by the events" of September 11.

Bachmann, accompanied by Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Steve King (R-Iowa), thanked the Egyptian military for the coup and crackdowns against the Muslim Brotherhood, which she called the "common enemy" of Egypt and the U.S. The Washington Post reports the video was apparently taken a few hours after meeting with coup leader General Abdel Fatah el-Sissi in Cairo. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/michele-bachmann-911_n_3893575.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037



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Hasn't Egypt suffered enough? We had to do THIS to them? (Original Post) marmar Sep 2013 OP
With some of the crazy JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #1
Wow, those three all in the same room. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #2
Maybe it was instead the kentauros Sep 2013 #15
A racist, a future felon, and a moron walk into a bar... truebrit71 Sep 2013 #3
! xchrom Sep 2013 #4
Damn Solly Mack Sep 2013 #5
I am starting to think this is a good idea... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #6
It's amazing they even found Egypt treestar Sep 2013 #31
The Three Stooges ... GeorgeGist Sep 2013 #7
Oh, damn! I was hoping they were defecting... pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #8
here is screen grab from Egypt riverwalker Sep 2013 #9
seriously wtf?? what are they doing in Egypt? Voice for Peace Sep 2013 #13
Undermining U.S. foreign policy pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #17
Perhaps this is the wonder team running for President in 2016? Voice for Peace Sep 2013 #19
Bachmann? Hmmm... pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #21
They all have something kinky going on in the back room. Voice for Peace Sep 2013 #27
That triumvirate in one room represents a malaise Sep 2013 #10
Isn't Bachmann in jail yet? shenmue Sep 2013 #11
Don't you know she reports to a higher authority? Laws are for the ungodly. Voice for Peace Sep 2013 #25
I feel bad for the Marines and embassy personnel responsible for their wellbeing. Chan790 Sep 2013 #12
Actually I can but 2naSalit Sep 2013 #23
A hat-trick yesphan Sep 2013 #14
What are we doing to our international image? Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #16
Their travel expenses 2naSalit Sep 2013 #18
and who tf paid for their trip? Voice for Peace Sep 2013 #20
Most likely 2naSalit Sep 2013 #22
well.. I guess I can chip in a bit more for their investigation and prosecution for treason Voice for Peace Sep 2013 #24
Yep, and it cost yesphan Sep 2013 #28
This is definitely needed here. Thav Sep 2013 #26
Isn't she going to prison? Lint Head Sep 2013 #29
OMG No kidding gopiscrap Sep 2013 #30

JustAnotherGen

(31,937 posts)
1. With some of the crazy
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:06 AM
Sep 2013

Theories I've read around DU lately . . . I actually think this kind of makes sense.

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
6. I am starting to think this is a good idea...
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:14 AM
Sep 2013

do you know how uncomfortable the Teabaggers are when they get to other countries and find out that they are internationally loathed and ridiculed? I think we should send more of them out on junkets to find that out!

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
19. Perhaps this is the wonder team running for President in 2016?
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 12:02 PM
Sep 2013

Now King has announced he is running.. Bachmann on his team?

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
27. They all have something kinky going on in the back room.
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 02:15 PM
Sep 2013

It's related to God or Jesus, or somebody.

Likely bound together by a lot of political-god-related
secret plans, methinks.

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
25. Don't you know she reports to a higher authority? Laws are for the ungodly.
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 02:12 PM
Sep 2013

I wonder who it is she reports to... ?

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
12. I feel bad for the Marines and embassy personnel responsible for their wellbeing.
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:20 AM
Sep 2013

Could you think of three idiots more likely to provoke an international incident?

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
16. What are we doing to our international image?
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:57 AM
Sep 2013

Would it have been cheaper to advise everybody going overseas to wander around drunk, pee in the fountains, and that all women in other lands love to get grabbed on the ass?

2naSalit

(86,843 posts)
18. Their travel expenses
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 12:00 PM
Sep 2013

should be restricted due to the sequester!

And, sadly, for many this will be the "face of America". How many more times do we need to punch ourselves in the face on the international stage?

2naSalit

(86,843 posts)
22. Most likely
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 12:06 PM
Sep 2013

WE did, the taxpayers, and we're certainly paying for their protection. What a circle-jerk!

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
24. well.. I guess I can chip in a bit more for their investigation and prosecution for treason
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 02:10 PM
Sep 2013

or at the very least ethics violations.

Thav

(946 posts)
26. This is definitely needed here.
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 02:13 PM
Sep 2013



Steve King represents my area. I am filled with shame every time he opens his hate hole or shows his face with others who do.
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