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Even the State Department Spokeswoman Thinks What She’s Saying is Ridiculous
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On December 5, 2014 @ 12:10 pm In The Point | 10 Comments
Jen Psaki’s main job is to come out on stage and say ridiculous things to explain the ridiculous things that her bosses are doing. But even she thinks that they’re ridiculous.
That’s not my term for it. It’s her term for it.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki was seemingly caught on a hot mic calling one of her prepared statements on one of America’s policies on Egypt “ridiculous” following a press conference.
When reporters, including the Associated Press’ Matt Lee, pressed her to comment on the acquittal of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, she provided a pre-written response.
“Generally, we continue to believe that upholding impartial standards of accountability will advance the political consensus on which Egypt’s long-term stability and economic growth depends,” she said. “But beyond that, I would refer you to the Egyptian government.”
She refused to say anything further on the matter.
Psaki ended the conference and the lights dimmed. When she seemingly figured her mic was dead, she went off script.
“That Egypt line is ridiculous,” she appears to say.
Psaki doesn’t believe that the Egypt line is ridiculous because she’s sensible, but because she wants a crackdown on Egypt. But while she gets to bash Israel all day long, Obama has bowed to Egypt and mostly given up the effort to put the Muslim Brotherhood terrorists back into power again. That apparently irks Psaki who would like to blast Egypt, but cooler heads have decided that the US is already really low on allies and alienating a major power in the region would be unwise.
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