I'm standing by my earlier analysis that this is a U.S.-supported and approved coup based on the mouthpiece media coverage I have come to know so well:
"Islamists, foes battle in the streets across Egypt; More than 30 die in day of deadly discord" by Ben Hubbard | New York Times, July 06, 2013
CAIRO — The new violence suggested that the military’s removal of Morsi, the country’s first freely elected president, following protests by millions of Egyptians angry with his rule, had worsened the deep polarization between Islamists who call his ouster a military coup and their opponents who say his removal was the result of an urgent need to fix Egypt’s myriad problems.
By turning out in the tens of thousands, the pro-Morsi crowds underlined the organizational might of the Muslim Brotherhood, which emerged as the major political force and dominated rounds of elections after the country’s revolution two years ago. At that time, it gained power that many in the group had dreamed of for decades. The military’s intervention in politics this week entirely removed it from the government....
That is the definition of a coup!
An interim president installed by the military, the former chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, took a further step Friday to erase the vestiges of Morsi’s government by formally dissolving the Shura Council, the country’s only operating house of Parliament, which had been dominated by the Islamists. The constitutional court had disbanded the lower house last year, one of many challenges Morsi had faced in his troubled tenure.
In a further affront to the Islamists, the Egyptian news media have marginalized their message in the two days since Morsi was deposed. Despite the interim government’s pledge of inclusiveness, Islamist television broadcasters were shuttered, and the state television barely covered the breadth of the pro-Morsi demonstrations Friday.
It's called censorship, and I don not see the White House protesting very much.
Underpinning the Islamists’ fears of the emerging political order was a keen awareness of the long history of enmity with the security services. While some Islamists did use violence against the state, Egypt’s previous rulers kept their power in check by banning their organizations and subjecting their members to arbitrary arrests and torture.
For some, those memories have come flooding back.
“They hung me up, they beat me, they used electricity — all the means of torture they had,” said Hussein Nada, 43, a protester, recalling the eight years he spent in prison for his association with the Gamaa al-Islamiyya, a radical Islamist group that attacked tourists and other targets in the 1990s but has renounced violence in recent years.
“Anyone from the opposition who came to power could decide to put us all back in prison,” he said. “As soon as the army came back, they put hundreds on the arrests list, so we fear we could lose all we’ve gained.”
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Once the clashes subsided, dozens of young men climbed atop the police vehicles to cheers from the crowd. Some stopped to pose for photographs with police officers holding their shotguns — a curious sight since the police had been widely detested for killing protesters during the anti-Mubarak uprising.
Some said the police joining forces with the protesters meant that the Muslim Brotherhood had lost its place in the country....
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"Egyptian president ousted: After Morsi, risks await" July 06, 2013
DESPITE THE euphoria in the streets after Egypt’s military deposed President Mohammed Morsi, tough times lie ahead for the country. Protesters rallying for Morsi’s departure included secular liberals, remnants of the old regime of strongman Hosni Mubarak, and Salafists who are even more conservative than Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood. This motley crew had only one thing in common: the desire to get rid of Morsi. Now that he is gone, there is little that unites them.
Egypt’s best hope is for the military to reboot the country’s democracy by installing an inclusive caretaker government that will create a new process for drafting a constitution and holding fair elections. Yet the circumstances of Morsi’s ouster are sure to haunt Egypt for some time.
They had those and.... sigh.
The Muslim Brotherhood likely remains the country’s largest political movement. It will not simply fade away, especially when supporters believe it was wrongly ousted from power. The greatest danger is that the group could revert back to its militant past. One hope of the Arab Spring was that Islamists across the region could be convinced to use politics — not violence — to make their voices heard. Morsi’s removal damages that message....
That's what I have been saying, meaning the Arab Spring was engineered by the PtB via their covert op intel agencies and globe-kicking puppets at the top of governments, sometimes to simply remove stale dictators and put in a fresh face). If it gets a catchy name that the mouthpiece came up with, well...
Oh, yeah, the most extreme Islamist government in the region but you don't hear a peep about it from the SoS.
Regardless of how disappointed millions of Egyptians were in Morsi’s rule, he was an elected president. It is hard to argue that Morsi’s removal was anything but a military coup.
No one is arguing it except....
As such, US law dictates that the $1.5 billion in annual aid to Egypt be cut. The Obama administration is likely to look for ways around that law, and a flexible approach is in order.
What use is having laws if the dictator, 'er, "president" can just ignore the law?
Aid to Egypt flows from its peace agreement with Israel, so cuts could jeopardize that treaty.
Ah, the REALLY IMPORTANT CONCERN at the BOTTOM of EVERYTHING!
What, Morsi wasn't making the grade?
Nonetheless, if Egypt’s generals fail to move in a more democratic direction, some curbs to military support should be on the table. Anti-American sentiments run high in Egypt, and US influence over events is limited. Still, the United States must use the few tools it possesses to help Egypt achieve a more stable path.
Yeah, right. Maybe mucking around with Mubarak the last three decades didn't help, and maybe staying out of it is the answer now? Haven't we done enough already?
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"Ballot box, not the street" July 03, 2013
The whole world celebrated with Egyptian protesters when longtime strongman Hosni Mubarak was forced out in February of 2011. The mystique of authority had been broken. Eight months later, when protesters amassed again to call for an end to military rule, the world cheered again. But now that millions of protesters have amassed once again to call for the ouster of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s democratically elected president, Americans — and the Obama administration in particular — should feel some unease at this pattern.
To be sure, Morsi has displayed stunning incompetence at dealing with Egypt’s economic and political problems. Fledgling democracies need farsighted leaders who restrain themselves for the greater good; Morsi took too much power for himself and broke his promise to represent all Egyptians. His party, the Muslim Brotherhood, failed to protect secular views, religious minorities, and women.
That really a weiss thing to say.
But Morsi’s departure won’t solve the fuel shortages and electricity outages that have frustrated the population. Nor will it solve a deepening political crisis. Indeed, driving Morsi from power now will only entrench the political polarization, pitting the Brotherhood against a fractured secular opposition.
Morsi ought to admit his mistakes publicly and surrender many of the powers that he has taken for himself. The United States should use its diplomatic leverage to urge him in that direction.
Even though we don't have much?
But an abrupt resignation of an elected leader would send a worrisome message. Instead, Morsi and Egypt’s military leadership should announce new parliamentary elections. One reason he has had so much power is that the courts dismissed the parliament.
Those were the Mubarak-stacked courts, right?
Egypt needs a healthy, democratic forum where Islamists and secular parties can sort through their differences. Continuing these debates in the street — in the form of demonstrations — will only lead to more instability. Opposition groups should understand that they undermine their own democratic credentials when they call for new presidential elections while dismissing the results of the previous one.
Interesting position.
The Obama administration should work with all sides to ensure a path to elections that can create a government capable of tackling Egypt’s formidable problems. Once that exists, Egyptians ought to respect it. Stable governments, it turns out, need a little mystique.
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How about the Egyptian on the street, what are they thinking?
"Local Egyptians see nation hanging in the balance" by David Abel | Globe Staff , July 06, 2013
Adel Abu-Moustafa, the retired dean of international affairs at Tufts University of School of Medicine, described himself as “absolutely delighted” to see President Mohammed Morsi forced from power.
He blames Morsi for trying to transform Egypt into a country dominated more by religious law than civil law. He also accuses Morsi of misappropriating his power by trying to muzzle the media and appointing members of his Islamist political party, the Muslim Brotherhood, to political positions throughout the country.
“He mishandled the situation from Day One,” said Abu-Moustafa, 73, a resident of Concord....
He never had a chance, and this guy must have been a U.S. asset or agent at some point (imho).
“We’re seeing a very dangerous situation develop,” Abu-Moustafa said....
Nadeem Mazen, 29, who owns an educational media and interactive software company in Cambridge, is no fan of Morsi, but he worries about the precedent of the military removing a freely elected president, even one who lost the support of many Egyptians.
“A lot of people who are otherwise analytical and measured are super excited about the coup, but there’s an undercurrent of discussion, which I’m part of, that a coup is always a bad and dubious idea,” he said.
He urged Egyptians to be more skeptical of the military.
“We now have a situation of the military owning a huge amount of the economic might of the nation, and we’re actually cheering them on as they depose a democratically elected leader,” said Mazen, who grew up in the United States but has many relatives living there. “That will be dangerous for the future of democracy as it tries to take root in Egypt.”
Mr. Obama, take note.
Walid Saleh, who moved to Boston when he was a child and has dual citizenship, argues that the military had no choice but to push Morsi from power.
“Obviously, protesting didn’t work,” said Saleh, 27, who also has many relatives in the Cairo area. “I don’t see how else he could have been removed. This was their only choice to get rid of him.”
Certainly not here in AmeriKa.
Boston University professor Farouk El-Baz said he wanted to see Morsi succeed. He had hoped the new president would expand his base beyond the Muslim Brotherhood, but he argues that Morsi, like Mubarek, arrogated power and tried to recast Egypt in the mold of the Brotherhood, which represses women, wants to ban alcohol, and sought to have Egypt governed by Islamic law.
“He had an opportunity to rule and make sure the Brotherhood became part of the society,” said El-Baz, 75, director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, which studies satellite imaging. “But they became too enamored with their own power and wanted everyone else to shut up.”
Like all ruling classes wherever they are found.
He and others said the Brotherhood should be allowed to take part in future elections, as they still represent a large segment of nation’s 84 million people. He just hopes the opposition will be better organized than in the last election, when Morsi defeated a former member of the Mubarek regime by a slim margin.
Meaning the rig job the United States set up failed.
“They have a right to be angry about what happened,” he said. “We just want a government that respects the people.”
Who doesn't?
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Oh, yeah, look who is going to be blamed for the rise in gas prices and the cratering economy (despite what you have been told by the corporate pre$$).
