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B-Man Posted July 1, 2013 Posted July 1, 2013 Anti-Muslim Brotherhood Protests in Egypt: Largest Political Event in World History The demonstrations that began Sunday in Cairo, Egypt against the Muslim Brotherhood government of President Mohamed Morsi have attracted "millions" of supporters and many counter-demonstrators as well, making the protest the largest political event in the history of the world, according to the BBC. The protests in Tahrir Square and throughout Egypt exceed those that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 in the key event of the Arab Spring. Two years later, after constitutional reforms and elections that saw Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood move to aggrandize their power, the public backlash is immense. The demonstrations pose a puzzle for President Barack Obama, who was touring South Africa at the other end of the continent when the demonstrations began. In 2011, Obama initially supported Mubarak, then threw his weight behind the protests and reached out to the Muslim Brotherhood on its way to power. The Obama administration, through Ambassador Anne Patterson, actively discouraged Sunday's protests, as Breitbart News' Kerry Picket reported last week. "Egypt needs stability to get its economic house in order, and more violence on the streets will do little more than add new names to the lists of martyrs," she said. Delivering an address at the University of Cape Town on Sunday night that was billed as the highlight of his three-nation tour, Obama touted Africa's movement towards democracy but did not mention the Cairo protests, and downplayed the U.S. intervention in Libya and the chaos that followed in its wake. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/06/30/Anti-Muslim-Brotherhood-Protests-Largest-Political-Event-in-World-History How’s that “smart diplomacy” workin’ out for ya? The demonstrators maintain Morsi has become a power-hungry autocrat who is intent on making the Muslim Brotherhood Egypt’s permanent ruling party. They also blame the Obama administration and U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson for propping up Morsi and facilitating the Muslim Brotherhood’s power grab. “We are very critical of the Obama administration because they have been supporting the Brotherhood like no one has ever supported them,” Shadi Al Ghazali Harb, a 24-year-old member of Egypt’s Revolutionary Youth Coalition, told the Washington Free Beacon on Friday afternoon during a telephone interview from Cairo. The White House is “the main supporter of the Brotherhood,” he said. “If it wasn’t for the American support this president would have fallen months ago.” Al Ghazali Harb specifically dubbed Patterson “the first enemy of the revolution,” claiming “she is hated even more than Morsi.” Many will say that the president of the United States cannot of course control events in Egypt. That’s true. But he did everything possible to lead to this crisis. “The point is that Obama policy is so obviously bad—having circles run around it by Iran; the shameful Benghazi affair; the love affair with the Turkish regime; Kerry behaving as if he’ll have peace in the Middle East next Thursday and he cannot understand why no one ever thought of this before.” .
Keukasmallies Posted July 1, 2013 Posted July 1, 2013 The Egyptians have the right idea: Throw the bastards out 'til you get one that listens to those who put him/her in power. Hmmm, I wonder if that idea would find traction across the pond?
dayman Posted July 3, 2013 Author Posted July 3, 2013 ...annnnddd...Morsi is gone. That whole ordeal was actually incredibly smooth.
LeviF Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Somebody remembered that mulligans are perfectly legitimate political schemes.
dayman Posted July 3, 2013 Author Posted July 3, 2013 ...now watch 2 moderates split votes and Morsi win again...
Pete Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 it must be nice to have freedom to assemble without having the goon squad spray gas in your face and club you
Pete Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 http://www.times-standard.com/digitalextras/ci_23588344/live-egypt-protests-tahrir-square-military-deadline-closes
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