"In the future, the U.S. is going to need to be very careful about what we support, as opposed to whom we support," the senior Defense Department official told me in mid-December.
What's new is that Scaf has revealed its hand in its latest round of legalised power-grabbing; that we know the size of the support the old regime can muster; and that maybe, maybe, we have voted in a president whom we can support, or oppose with honour – without being shot.
A week later, having listened to Morsi's promises, I wrote: "Maybe, maybe, we have voted in a president whom we can support, or oppose with honour – without being shot".
The Sunni zone, though, would almost certainly be embroiled in a power struggle between secular Sunnis, whom we'd support, and various Islamist Sunnis, financed by mosques, charities and governments in the Arab gulf.
As one who believes that monolithic voting cheapens the political influence of a group, I'm the last person to lecture African-Americans on whom we should support in the primaries or in the general election.
"We fear it can only have the effect of undermining public confidence in the agency, our chairman - whom we fully support - our managers and our staff, and belittling the work that you do.
The absence of serologic reactivity among the human residents whom we tested is supported by their lack of history of the disease; previous cases reported in this area were lethal or if not, the survivors do not live in the BSF-endemic area anymore.
Ch Insp Natalie Moloney added: "We are co-operating fully with the IPCC and our thoughts are with all those involved and particularly with Mr Sutton's family, to whom we are offering support at this very distressing time for them".
Rejecting calls to stop arms sales to Saudi, a statement by CMEC said they "firmly reiterate our belief that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not only a longstanding and important ally of the United Kingdom but also a force for stability in a troubled region whom we must continue to support with absolute resolve".
