Suleiman: Mubarak is our father

[bemildred]

Egypt's vice-president has said protesters calling for the departure of Hosni Mubarak, the president, are not "part of the Egyptian culture", saying "we all respect Mubarak as father and leader".

Omar Suleiman made the comments during an interview with state television on Thursday, in which he also said recent violence in Cairo, the capital, could have been the result of a "conspiracy" and suggested "foreign influences" and the Muslim Brotherhood may have fuelled the protest movement.

"We will look into , into the fact it was a conspiracy," he said.

At least 13 people have been killed in clashes in Tahrir (Liberation) Square, central Cairo, as violence continues between pro-government groups and pro-democracy protesters.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/2011231756869465.html

[PDJane]

1. I'm afraid even fathers need to earn respect.....

This one didn't.

[gateley]

3. And abusive fathers aren't unheard of. nt

[bemildred]

4. He better wise up.

If he thinks he is going to sell these cliches at this point, he's nuts.

[L. Coyote]

2. HELLO: You forgot to capitalize "Father"

You infidel, your insult to the "Father of the State" will result in painful retribution on you and your offspring :rofl:

[Jack Rabbit]

5. That's a terrible thing for Suleiman to say about his mother

I know who my father was and he was a man worthy of mother.

[Matariki]

14. I was about to say.... there's definitely a "mom joke" in there.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. Yes Hillary .... this is going well.... on your statement too

I'm sure the majority of the Egyptians buy that bag of sand in the desert by Suleiman and you on 'looking into it"

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. You're doin' a heckuva job, Sully. You and daddy both.

In fact, you two deserve a long father-son vacation away from things for a while.

bye

[Cleita]

8. Yes, call someone father and he can do no wrong, kinda

like the Catholic priests or even the Pope.

[Dappleganger]

9. Real fathers value and protect their children.

They value their need for independence and give them tools to help them grow and self-actualize. In what ways has Mubarak done this?

He is no father, he is a dictator. The very fact that as we speak journalists from all nations including Egypt are being specifically attacked and shut down from sharing the truth of what is happening is evidence enough.

[jwirr]

10. The protesters are correct, they cannot turn back. It is too late they

must keep on. When he talks about a conspiracy he is laying the ground work for their destruction. President Obama must step up the pressure on the army to push him out. If he does not we are going to be the partners to the blood bath.

[hlthe2b]

11. I watched that interview on AJE... He comes off more arrogant...

if that is possible--than even Mubarak. Gawd, this will not go well.

[Angry Dragon]

12. As an American I am against any more foreign aid for Egypt

until the dictator is gone and a true government is in place

[MisterP]

13. he's the father of 80M people, he's Clinton's family--who ISN'T he sleeping with?!

also reminiscent of Trujillo's personality cult

[Matariki]

15. Great, and he's the guy the US is trying to install?

Because 'democracy' is just a word - the real thing is too dangerous.

[glinda]

16. Sillyman is no better if not worse. This could escalate.