Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, so much is happening in the world today, so much that is really earthshaking in its potential effect. In the Middle East, I've spoken before about the potential rise of a new Ottoman Empire that, unfortunately, our own country, this Obama administration, has helped jump-start. In Egypt, we supposedly had a friend. There were comments to direct attention to. Back on June 2, the BBC reported an interview in 2009 where during the interview the President was asked: Do you regard President Mubarak as an authoritarian ruler? President Obama said, in part: He has been a stalwart ally in many respects, to the United States. He has sustained peace with Israel, which is a very difficult thing to do in that region. But he has never resorted to, you know, unnecessary demagoguing of the issue, and has tried to maintain that relationship. So I think he has been a force for stability and good in the region. He points out, obviously there have been criticisms, but he saw him as a force for good in the region. That's rather amazing when you look at what happened--we recall it was an Arab Spring, that we've later since realized was more of a nightmare winter. Certainly, the people of Egypt did not see it as a ``spring'' after President Morsi got around 13 million votes from the potential, as I understand, 50 million or more that could have voted.…”