Did the US Ambassador to Egypt Ask Christians Not to Protest Morsi?

Hat tip Frontpage magazine

Raymond Ibrahim has a disturbing article running in Frontpage Magazine that alleges that the US Ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, asked Coptic Christians not to protest against the Morsi government and their treatment at the hands of Islamists.


http://frontpagemag.com/2013/raymond-ibrahim/u-s-asks-egypts-christians-not-to-oppose-morsi/

Here's more from Newser:

http://www.newser.com/article/da7281f01/egyptian-activists-express-outrage-over-us-ambassadors-criticism-of-protests.html

I thought America was supposed to champion freedom and democracy around the world. Where does an American ambassador get off telling people they should not protest their government- especially a specific group (Coptic Christians) who are suffering persecution?

Sadly, this is our foreign policy today under Barack Obama.