Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has met with Gen. Abdel al-Sisi today, after Sisi issued an ultimatum giving him 48 hours to do whatever he needs to do to placate the mass opposition protests over the weekend.
Sisi declared publicly that the “demands of the people,” which in the case of the protesters is unconditional resignation of the civilian government, would have to be met, and if not the military would “announce a road map for the future,” presumably another coup and the return of the same sort of junta that ruled Egypt between Mubarak’s ouster and Morsi’s election.
Morsi insists that he has no intention of giving in to the military’s demands, and has a plan for reconciliation that doesn’t involve them. It isn’t clear what that’s going to mean for the deadline, however.
Some in the government seem to see the writing on the wall already, with at least five ministers announcing their resignation and “sympathy” for the protesters, who have burned and looted the ruling party’s headquarters in Cairo.
Opposition leaders were urging military intervention in the days leading up to the latest round of protests, causing allies of Morsi to accuse them of instigating a coup. That seems at the moment to be the path Egypt is approaching.
America is sending a very bad message to Muslims like the Muslim Brotherhood. The message is no matter whether you play by the rules of the game known as "democracy", or whether you are dedicated to gaining power through elections and peaceful means or no matter how many democratically elections you win, you will not be allowed to rule or manifest self determination in the Arab world. This sad history has escalated over the years. With US support the French aborted democracy in Algeria when it conspired with the generals to carry out a coup when the FIS, an Islamic party, was poised to win national elections in the early 90's. The US again aborted democracy in the occupied territories in 2006 when Hamas won fair and free elections. And now they are doing it in Egypt. This shores up the hands of the jihadists who have their own message, i.e., no matter what you do peacefully America and the west will never let you be masters of your own destinies. They only understand the language of force. For you brilliant leaders of the free world out there, tell me what is the response to these claims that you will always attempt to thwart Muslim self determination? The Egyptian opposition are a bunch of cry baby losers who have no support among the masses and they are instigating a coup to get into power. Now if the Muslim Brotherhood were to be overthrown and then demonstrate peacefully in the streets as the opposition they would be crushed by their opponents and the army as rabble rousers and terrorists. Of course this is the status quo that America wants in order for israel to continue to survive at the expense of its neighbors. The problem is that the ensuing bloodshed in the long run will guarantee the destruction of Israel and the interests of the US in the region.
Very true.
The hallmark of a tragedy.
I wonder how much OF THIS IS FROM AMERIKA'S INTEFERENCE AND DOWNRIGHT FUNDING?