President Mohamed Morsi will travel to New York on Sunday for a United Nations meeting. Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times
Egypt’s New Leader Spells Out Terms For U.S.-Arab Ties -- New York Times
CAIRO — On the eve of his first trip to the United States as Egypt’s new Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi said the United States needed to fundamentally change its approach to the Arab world, showing greater respect for its values and helping build a Palestinian state, if it hoped to overcome decades of pent-up anger.
A former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mr. Morsi sought in a 90-minute interview with The New York Times to introduce himself to the American public and to revise the terms of relations between his country and the United States after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, an autocratic but reliable ally.
He said it was up to Washington to repair relations with the Arab world and to revitalize the alliance with Egypt, long a cornerstone of regional stability.
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My Comment: He heads a government that flirts with Iran and Hamas. Persecutes Christians, women, and other minorities. Chooses "guns over butter". Paid lip-service to those who attacked the U.S. embassy in Cairo. Repeatedly demanded the release of terrorists like the 'blind sheik' .... and he comes here to lecture us on how to behave and treat him!?!?!?!? If one wants to know what a 'hard-core" Islamist thinks .... this is a must read article for you.
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