QOTD: HuffPost Hill
by digby
Via email:
In the annals of things Americans do to exacerbate problems in the Muslim world, this one falls somewhere between “Naming the Afghanistan invasion ‘Operation Infinite Justice'” and “George W. Bush.”
That’s the punchline, but the NY Times story comes close to beating it:
“But now anti-American sentiment is being stoked by an outpouring of dubious pronouncements from both state and private news media. Anti-Americanism has even been given the ultimate imprimatur of state tolerance: billboards. One next door to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for instance, shows President Obama with a beard like those worn by the Brotherhood…The origin of the idea of a terrorist-friendly America is opaque. Many cite money given to the Brotherhood, but what they are referring to is the $1.5 billion in American aid to the government of Egypt…Many Egyptians refer to YouTube clips played repeatedly by the pro-military news media, quoting Representative Louie Gohmert, Republican of Texas, who recently equated giving $1.5 billion in aid to the Morsi government with support for terrorists.”
Considering the stakes for the Egyptian people, it’s not actually all that funny, is it?
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