After a solid week of shrugging off the Egyptian military coup d’etat and mass arrest of ruling party officials, the US State Department is finally on the record as saying they “agree” with other nations’ calls for President Mohamed Morsi to be released from military detention.
That seems unlikely though, as the military appears to be poised to push through a preposterous allegation of “colluding with foreign groups” related to Morsi’s escape from detention in the waning days of Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship.
Morsi was one of dozens of political prisoners captured by the Mubarak regime in January 2011, and he and others escaped after a clash between the prison guards and what officials at the time dubbed “armed gangs.”
Now the military is saying those armed gangs were secretly Hamas, and potentially also Hezbollah, and that the jailbreak “violated the sovereignty of the Egyptian state.” Morsi’s role in this, as a political prisoner who left the prison during the revolution and then two and a half years later found himself detained by the military again, could set the stage for a long detention.
Poor Morsi. That's what you get for winning a democratic election. Meanwhile other presidents roam around freely, posing an existential threat to the world.
Maybe that's what he gets for being a puppet of the Saudis. I remember him calling for Jihad in Syria and demanding the overthrow of Assad. I suppose he didn't care about all the suffering and destruction his actions were going to bring upon the poor Syrians. Well, c'est la vie. He's got get what he deserves.
The deep state is back in all of its ugliness and I detest the scapegoating of the Palestinians. BTW, Earlier today the Egyptians for the first time ever flew a military helicopter over Gaza to undermine Hamas and intimidate the Gazans) First, even if Hamas freed their own cadres from Egyptian jails, God bless them. Egypt was treating Gaza like an open air prison with two legged animals inside. And Mubarak's security apparatus killed several Hamas members especially when they were helping the Israelis look for Shalit. At least two Palestinians died under interrogation over his whereabouts. And the Egyptian judiciary is a cruel joke. Even when President Morsi was in power the judiciary wanted to question him over the alleged jail break. Don't be surprised if Morsi is charged and Mubarak is freed. Heck, they will say Mubarak's ouster was illegal and reinstate him. (joking but you get the point)
Looks like they will pursue a similar strategy to that employed in Thailand against PM Thaksin. Twice elected, he was deposed in a military coup and then accused of a relatively minor economic crime. He fled and ever since the opposition never fails to label him a fugitive, criminal, etc.. all while pissing and moaning that other countries don't see him as the horrible criminal that they do. Like Morsi, Thaksin was by no means a 'good guy', but this kind of strategy is right out of the military coup playbook.
Build a Guantanamo style prison for these people, make them happy all day and every day by playing the satanic songs to their ear every nights, if nothing, is good for their soul where they can relate to something.
Mubarak is back! And US is happy. Now, back to enforcing Mubarak's laws, detention, killings. Back to Empire happiness!
Given that the Muslim Brotherhood said they would not field a candidate before the first election, it is a fitting fate for them.