US Embassy Cairo continues its fail; Tweets 'Glad Mubarak is gone, revolution meant fellow democratic country'; Update: 'We are speaking for America'; Update: Steyn weighs in

Wow. As Twitchy reported yesterday, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo somehow managed to get the keys to its Twitter account back, after being thrown under the bus for its disgraceful apologism on September 11. Yesterday, the embassy tweeted, during protests and riots in Egypt that had spread to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, that the revolution was a “positive step.” Today, the embassy is continuing its pattern of being a textbook example of what not to do. After announcing it was glad that Mubarak is gone, the embassy doubled down on the idiocy.

@a1mimo We want to deal with a democratic #Egypt that accurately represents its people and fulfills their aspirations

— U.S. Embassy Cairo (@USEmbassyCairo) November 26, 2012

.@a1mimo One of the reasons we were glad to see the January 25 Revolution was that it meant we could deal with a fellow democratic country

— U.S. Embassy Cairo (@USEmbassyCairo) November 26, 2012

@alymahfouz We wanted to make sure we let Egyptians lead the process. It was not our place to interfere

— U.S. Embassy Cairo (@USEmbassyCairo) November 26, 2012

.@mariafahmy We want to see #Egypt continue to progress toward full democracy without power concentrated in the hands of one person

— U.S. Embassy Cairo (@USEmbassyCairo) November 26, 2012

Perhaps the embassy should read this piece by Commentary magazine.

The full implications of Morsi’s ascendency are not yet apparent. But we can draw a few rather obvious conclusions from these events. The first is this makes the region a much more dangerous place and peace even more unlikely. the second is that the much ballyhooed Arab Spring turned out to be an Islamist triumph, not an opening for democracy. And third, and perhaps most disconcerting for Americans, it looks like the Obama administration has shown itself again to be a band of hopeless amateurs when it comes to the Middle East. While President Obama shouldn’t be blamed for toppling Mubarak, this episode is more proof of the gap between his foreign policy instincts and a rational defense of American interests.