Here is CNN's news update on the on-going protests in Egypt. It quotes reports that the US has called on Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to call for early elections and warned the Egyptian military it risks losing US aid if it stages a coup against Morsi.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/02/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
This is why we have been accused of meddling in other countries affairs. I am no supporter of Morsi, but where does our administration get off telling another country they should have early elections? On the other hand, the administration again reveals its support for the Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt by telling the Egyptian military not to overthrow Morsi.
How about we just stay out of it? At this point, I think a military overthrow would be the best thing that could happen.
I recall the words of an American professor (who will remain unnamed) who was speaking a couple of years back at a campus gathering about his presence in Cairo during the fall of Mubarak. Being the good little anti-capitalist that he is, he concluded by saying that if the final outcome was a capitalist military rule, it (the revolution) would have all been for nothing. (I am paraphrasing, but yes, I was present.)
I beg to disagree.
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Well, since Mubarak came out of the military, was sustained by the military, and Egypt has been ruled by the military ever since Nasser overthrew King Farouk, restoration of military rule would indeed by all for nothing.
If you think that's the best Egypt can do, you could say that.
I agree that the U.S. should stay out of it. No reason to support Morsi, perhaps no reason to provide anything to the military, and maybe something better will come out of this round.
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