Sunday, July 15, 2012

Egyptian Protesters Hurl Insults and Tomatoes at Hillary Clinton

Getting rid of a largely secular government and replacing it with the Muslim Brotherhood. What could go wrong?

Cairo (CNN) -- Egyptian protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade Sunday and shouted, "Monica, Monica, Monica" as she left the newly reopened U.S. Consulate in Alexandria.

Clinton said she was in the city to answer critics who believe Washington has taken sides in Egyptian politics. There were already vocal protesters at the start of her visit to the consulate, forcing the ceremony to be moved inside.

"I want to be clear that the United States is not in the business, in Egypt, of choosing winners and losers, even if we could, which, of course, we cannot," Clinton said at the ceremony to reopen the consulate, which was closed in 1993 because of budget constraints.

"I have come to Alexandria to reaffirm the strong support of the United States for the Egyptian people and for their democratic future."

The protesters threw the tomatoes, shoes and a water bottle as the staff walked to their vans after the ceremony and riot police had to hold back the crowd. A tomato hit an Egyptian official in the face.

Clinton's van was around the corner from the protesters, and a senior State Department official said her car was not hit.

The chants of "Monica" refer to Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern who had an affair with Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton. (Read more.)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

what makes it even harder is that these people confuse reality with their fantasies of one day living in a magical place where they think they will live happily ever after.

Joe Bradley said...

What a terrible waste of tomatoes.

Xiao-Fury said...

Maybe she'll start listening to all of us "Islamphobes" now?

goethechosemercy said...

Hillary has been such a good client of the MB and OIC. Signatory to the "Istanbul Process" and advocate of shaming and peer pressure to eliminate freedom of speech.
She wants to turn the United States into one big high school.
It is she who confuses illusion with reality.
She is a traitor to the 1st Amendment, to human dignity.
As a Christian, she taps hollow because she is hollow.
She may as well have said the Shahada when she started dealing with the OIC.

Anonymous said...

Lol, those tomatoes where corrupted as chritian fruits with the Cross inside so what else are they going to do with them now. Doubt they are fit for Muslims to consume any more

Fernando said...

Lets see if the media will show, as it did with the show trowne at GWB, "ad nauseam" this images...