Wash. Times: “Egypt's Blood On Obama's Hands?”

In a February 2 editorial titled, “Egypt's blood on Obama's hands?” The Washington Times wrote that the “White House is fanning flames of Islamic revolution” and suggested the Obama administration is responsible for clashes among protesters in Egypt.

From the editorial:

President Obama is signaling the Egyptian opposition that their time has come. In a terse statement last night, Mr. Obama announced a “moment of transformation” had arrived in Egypt, “the status quo is not sustainable” and a new government must begin to form “now.” An administration official later reiterated, “the key part of the statement was 'now.' ” Today the formerly peaceful protests in Egypt turned violent. It turns out that words do have consequences.

Egypt is at a crossroads, a time of suspense when change could come gradually and peacefully, or quickly with maximum instability. The White House has chosen to back the latter course, which will play into the hands of the best organized, most radical factions, which in this case is the America-hating Muslim Brotherhood.

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Pushing for immediate regime change in Egypt is not in American or Egyptian interests. Cutting the legs out from an already tottering regime could easily lead to widespread violence. If so, some of Egypt's blood will be on Mr. Obama's hands.