that is going to do them in. because the economic growth is flat-lined. nobody is going to see the pyramids. tourism is down. that is 14% of the gnp. unless egypt gets security back, establishes conditions that economic growth can happen in, then egypt really is in trouble. i give them six months to get it together. jenna: so that leads to us this big foreign policy decision. why now? what do you make of the timing of the announcement, midweek, several weeks after we ve seen, several months really of morsi out and a new government in? what do you make of the timing? i don t get the timing and that is what is so strange because the egyptians are on, they have a roadmap. they re writeing a constitution. they will have a referendum by end of the year. parliamentary and presidential elections early next year. they are cracking down on violence. so there is number throat floated out there, jenna, 1,000 people have been killed. you look at that, wow, that is a thousand peaceful muslim
majority of egyptians are against the muslim brotherhood and we re somehow trying to channel or use whatever influence we have to move things in a direction that makes it more likely that the possibility of democracy can be developed rather than less likely. it s a very difficult tight rope to somehow walk. it s a very difficult strategic balance to strike but our stakes in egypt are such, our desire to preserve peace in the area are such. it s very important for us to try to strike that strategic balance with all of the difficulties that it involves. kristin, when we talk about the president s message and who he s trying to speak to. as we ve seen it s the military crackdown and the military relied on the egyptian people to get morsi out. explain where the president is trying to aim this message? is it the interim government, is it the military or is it unknown who exactly is calling the sh s
if you read the foreign press you get the truth about the incompetence. if you read british papers you get the truth reported about what s happening in this country. they re not part of the agenda. so look at egypt. i thought morsi, obama guy. i thought the muslim brotherhood was that to obama wanted. egypt military said screw all of you and kicked morsi out and took back the country for better word. john kerry is in russia these people are i don t, i think they re clueless and haven t the slightest idea they zront a reverence for you and i, at least your question indicates. they haven t been, to them, america is the problem. in the world. america is a super power makes the world out of balance.
enamored of obama. if you read the foreign press you get the truth about the incompetence and the economic destruction. you read the british papers, british media, you get the truth reported about what s happening in this country. they are not part of the agenda, so, i mean, you look at egypt. i thought morsi was obama s guy. i thought the muslim brotherhood was that s who obama wanted. the egypt military said screw all of you and they kicked morsi out and took back control of the country for the better or worse. john kerry is in russia and putin is fishing. these people are i think they are clueless, and i don t think they have the slightest idea. they don t have a reverance for the country that you and i or at least your question indicates. to them america is the problem in the world. america is a superpower and makes the world out of balance.
world is enammored of obama. if you read the foreign press you get the truth about the incompetence. if you read british papers you get the truth reported about what s happening in this country. they re not part of the agenda. so look at egypt. i thought morsi, obama guy. i thought the muslim brotherhood was that to obama wanted. egypt military said screw all of you and kicked morsi out and took back the country for better word. john kerry is in russia these people are i don t, i think they re clueless and haven t the slightest idea they zront a reverence for you and i, at least your question indicates. they haven t been, to them, america is the problem. in the world. america is a super power makes the world out of balance.