Frank Wisner, Obama's "envoy"_CIA_AIG_Mubarak lobbyist says Mubarak "must stay in power".

[seafan]

Frank Wisner in Cairo -- The Empire's Bagman (Hat tip to Ocafish)


The tentacles of Empire stretch far and wide.






Egypt unrest: Hosni Mubarak must stay - US envoy

5 February 2011 Last updated at 13:57 ET

US special envoy Frank Wisner has said that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak should remain in power to oversee a transition to democracy.

The remarks appear to contradict previous US calls for Mr Mubarak to begin an immediate transition.

The state department has not yet commented.

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Mr Wisner, a former ambassador in Egypt, was sent by US President Barack Obama to Cairo on Monday, apparently to urge Mr Mubarak to announce his departure.

"We need to get a national consensus around the pre-conditions for the next step forward. The president must stay in office to steer those changes," he told said in New York.

"I believe that President Mubarak's continued leadership is critical - it's his chance to write his own legacy.

"He has given 60 years of his life to the service of his country, this is an ideal moment for him to show the way forward."

Mr Wisner urged people to control their rhetoric - the more Egyptians hear demands from outside the country for Mr Mubarak to stand down, he argued, the more it could have negative consequences.

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Oh, yeah, Mr. Wisner, it's all about Mubarak's L E G A C Y .


While the Egyptian people are dying in the streets of Cairo for their freedom to name their own government, Obama's "envoy" says Mubarak should remain in power.


Is THIS what President Obama actually thinks?


For the love of God, President Obama, YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE WRONG PEOPLE.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. It looks like and smells like a deal has been made.

Hopefully, the Egyptians won't buy it.

[snagglepuss]

2. "This is the close nexus of Capital and Empire, and Wisner is the hinge

between them". This is a quote from Vijay Prashad in Counterpunch in the Octofish thread. Thanks for posting these links, fascinating and illuminating reads.


Highly recommended.



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