Egypt Protests: Obama, Netanyahu And Other World Leaders React To Anti-Mubarak Demonstrations

As Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stares down nearly a full week of massive social upheaval, international leaders have begun to voice their opinions on the nation's ongoing unrest.

In Washington, President Barack Obama expressed interest in an "orderly transition" within the country, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy stating that his nation was prepared to support "this peaceful change."

Within the region, support for the beleaguered Mubarak was more widespread, with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh confirming his nation's solidarity with Egypt and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz strongly criticizing protesters' motivations.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron called on the Egyptian authorities to "go down the path of reform and not repression." As he told the BBC, "I have spoken to President Mubarak and had a conversation with President Obama last night, and we were very much agreed that we want the response of the Egyptian government to be that there needs to be a proper orderly transition to a more democratic situation, where there are greater rights, greater freedoms, better rule of law and that sort of reform, to show to people in Egypt that their concerns and their aspirations are being listened to. But I think in the conversations we have with President Mubarak and others it is sensible to say 'You do have a choice here. This repression - if you opt for that, that will end badly for Egypt, badly for the world. It is the wrong choice.'"

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British Prime Minister David Cameron called on the Egyptian authorities to "go down the path of reform and not repression." As he told the BBC, "I have spoken to President Mubarak and had a conversation with President Obama last night, and we were very much agreed that we want the response of the Egyptian government to be that there needs to be a proper orderly transition to a more democratic situation, where there are greater rights, greater freedoms, better rule of law and that sort of reform, to show to people in Egypt that their concerns and their aspirations are being listened to. But I think in the conversations we have with President Mubarak and others it is sensible to say 'You do have a choice here. This repression - if you opt for that, that will end badly for Egypt, badly for the world. It is the wrong choice.'"

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[vascopyjama]

01:45 AM on 02/02/2011

Have you noticed how Israel is trying to turn the fact that the Egyptian people want their freedom to how it is all about them.

[DrakeUnlimited]

08:56 PM on 02/01/2011

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud

son your next.

[pebblesvanpeebles]

10:38 AM on 02/01/2011

Hey, King Abdullah: 83 million Egyptians can't be wrong.

[HasanAli]

06:31 AM on 02/01/2011

The US is slowly and gradually changing sides when nobody is paying attention to them.

[Lentenlands]

01:58 AM on 02/01/2011

The globalist elites are creating the new enemy that will be built up for the West to face and fight leaving us worn out politically, militarily and financially.

It is well known that the Wall Street globalist elites in conjunction with the CIA have been building up the radical islamic Gulen movement to radicalize what was once moderate Turkey. From his CIA funded compound in Pennsylvania, Gulen has been engineering the radical muslim takeover of the states of the Middle East. Why would Wall Street and the CIA fund and facilitate the overthrow of Turkey and other States into islamic fundamentalist States? They are working all these events toward one world government, and the next war is being staged.

These revolutions are being funded by the globalist elite. The creation of these islamist states will be used by the Rothschilds to stand against the West. The West will be forced to engage such States eventually, and the Rothschilds will make war loans to both the islamists and the West.

And while we fight and die, the Rothschilds and the banker elites will grow richer, more powerful and closer to their goal of one world government that they will control and dominate. They possess control of the banking systems and the governments of the world now, national sovereignty is almost completely gone.

The stage is nearly set for the next war in their diabolical plan.

http://smashabanana.blogspot.com

[rissole]

10:26 PM on 01/31/2011

I think the only thing we can be sure of is that Tony Blair has figured out how to make a profit out of all this.

[CarmenCameron]

09:28 PM on 01/31/2011

Dear President Obama, please do what YOU know is the right thing to do - not the fear-based thing - which is why I voted for you.

SUPPORT THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE. N O W !

And then - and only then - will you have the moral credibility required to help mold a better future for both the Middle East and America.

Our best interests are the SAME. And you KNOW it.

[GeoTor]

08:57 PM on 01/31/2011

It doesn't matter what Britain thinks ... they've slowly but surely made themselves irrelevant and redundant when it comes to what goes on in the Middle East. That's what happens when your country grows by 6% in the last century, whilst the population of the rest of the world has grown by 433%.
Germany has zero influence or impact in the region, so why even mention them ?
France ... they can't afford to have an opinion because they left the African continent and the Middle East region years ago, and nobody cares anymore.
America ... you might as well lump in Saudi Arabia and Israel into the same sentence, because they're all stuck together with some kind of Crazy Glue and they're too busy buying toilet paper.
I have to shove Iran's, Tunisia's, Yemen's and Syria's opinions to the top of the list, what they say matters the most.
Yemen, you're next.
Syria, watch out, you have more Iraqi refugees from all political stripes within your borders than you know what to do with, you're asking for one of those Glee Slushie Facials when the regular Syrians' patience snaps.

[SPQR1775]

12:44 AM on 02/01/2011

Agree Yemen will fall next, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Iran...IRAN isn't over by a long shot. When Eygypt switch leader as it WILL, Mubaraak is over and if he refuse to go he will be voted out in September. Israel might try to dip its nose in Egypt business and what can and should take place is for a new Egyptian leader to DEMAND ISRAEL recognise Palestine or Egypt withdraw its support. CHANGE is taking place across the Middle East EXPOTENTIALLY. Israel will be next and this time it's the Palestinians who will lead an MLK type mass movement for Social Justice. YES, CHANGE IS MOVING LIKE A MIGHTY RIVER ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST!

[CognitoErgoSum]

08:33 PM on 01/31/2011

The West is probably smart to lay low. If we appear to support any one side, that side will be seen as kowtowing to foreign interests and thus less legitimate.

[foxbat]

08:26 PM on 01/31/2011

Ahmed Ounaies, Tunisia's new foreign minister, says his country isn't going to lecture Egyptians on what path their country should take, following this week's anti-government protests, the AP is reporting. Acknowledging the two Arab countries are different and must each chart their own course, he went on to note, "It is up to the Egyptian people to decide their present and their future for themselves. We are not going to decide on their behalf or give them any lessons."

Probably the most honest assessment and statement so far.

[Avirahim]

06:40 PM on 01/31/2011

Israel seeks support for Mubarak: report
(AFP) – 14 hours ago

JERUSALEM — Israel has told its diplomats in the United States, Europe and elsewhere to encourage their host nations to support the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, daily Haaretz reported Monday.

The newspaper said Israel's foreign ministry told its diplomats to stress that it is in "the interest of the West" and of "the entire Middle East to maintain the stability of the regime in Egypt."

"We must therefore curb public criticism against President Hosni Mubarak," the message sent at the end of last week said, according to Haaretz.

The newspaper said the message was sent to Israeli diplomats in at least a dozen embassies in the United States, Canada, China, Russia and several European countries.

A foreign ministry spokesman and a spokesman for the prime minister's office questioned by AFP both refused to confirm or deny that such instructions had been issued.

Israel has so far kept a low profile on the upheaval rocking Egypt, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying on Sunday he had instructed ministers not to speak publicly about the situation.

He himself has said little more than that he watching developments closely.

But a senior Israeli official quoted by Haaretz suggested Israel was unhappy with the public comments made so far by US and European officials in response to the growing Egyptian crisis.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hKU0TRr5RT09VmALLcxiRFIKvm9Q?docId=CNG.0ba47f414202aef6e476bb76abaef8cc.11

[CarmenCameron]

09:30 PM on 01/31/2011

Tough. The US should do the moral thing and support the Egyptian people.

[ElCojonuAgain]

11:24 PM on 01/31/2011

The countries that were pushing for a Revolt in Iran awhile back are now naturally ' shocked, surprised and taken aback ' with what is going on in Egypt.
Now they're getting some of their own medicine thrown back at them and they don't know how to act.
The Iranians must be laughing all the way to the Caspian Sea watching how their ' Nemesis ' where caught flat footed and without a united, cohesive response.
You couldn't write a script with what's going on.
I love it !

[BluestateGuyInTX]

06:25 PM on 01/31/2011

I imagine the Saudi royalty is a little nervous. They must be thinking that real democracy might spread--not the kind GWB promised would spread after the Iraq war but the real thing. If I were them I'd be booking a trip to Zurich--for skiing of course. ;-)

[michael429]

06:07 PM on 01/31/2011

Notably silent are the leaders of China, India, Pakistan, Japan....why?..and why is this considered to be primarily an American quagmire?....the above named countries as well as most of Western Europe rely on American and British (BP) based multinational companies for their oil supply, most of which is sourced from the Persian Gulf....These countries need to be engaged in any discussions and take responsibility for and speak with the U.S. in one voice for whatever diplomatic decisions and statements....will we ever stop being the "Cops of the world"? and perhaps we should consider taking the advice of former presidents Nixon and Carter both of whom warned and predicted the danger of over dependence upon middle eastern oil and involvement in the internal affairs of sovreign nations....The U.S. sources about 5% of our domestic oil consumption from the Middle East....it does not benefit our citizens to send our kids off to war to protect BP, Exxon and others who are making fortunes (paying little or no domestic taxes) so the Chinese and Japanese don't have to deal with these problems....think about it.