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The Spectacle Blog
The last vestiges of the Arab Spring ended in Egypt yesterday as President Mohamed Morsi gave himself absolute power to rule by decree until a new constitution is in place. His decisions are not subject to question. Don’t expect a new constitution to come to pass anytime soon.
Egyptians responded by demonstrating in Tahrir Square where they were repelled by tear gas. In Alexandria, protesters stormed and burned down part of the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters.
As Pete Townshend wrote, “Meet the new boss; same as the old boss.”
Then again, the new boss is probably worse because he will get away with it. The Obama Administration is in love with him because of his role in negotiating a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. As a result they can live with a few cracked heads. Perhaps worst of all, the Obama Administraton sees Morsi as a peacemaker when in reality he wants to help Hamas bide its time in its mission to destroy Israel.
Mohamed el-Baradei calls Morsi “Egypt’s new Pharoah.” I would call him an Ayatollah.
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Vance P. Frickey| 11.24.12 @ 12:55AM
The problem with the Obama fan club known as the American press is that few of them speak Arabic. If they did, they'd have been able to understand Morsi singing along with his Muslim Brotherhood friends about "taking Jerusalem." Or perhaps the problem is that they understand and don't care. They've watched Barack Obama destroying "one man, one vote" at home for five years and haven't said jack.
RJ| 11.24.12 @ 1:14AM
I think your second option is closer to the mark. They know what is happening. They may even care, but, to borrow a phrase, they are "all in" with Obama and his objectives.
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 11.24.12 @ 1:27AM
Morsi better have the military on his side or he won't be "Egypt's new Pharoah" for long. As long as he keeps the Salafists in check but I haven't seen any evidence of it yet. God protect the Coptic Christians.
Occam's Tool| 11.25.12 @ 1:05AM
He won't, Dmitry. The Coptic Christians are gonna get slaughtered by the Islamists. In the meantime, some idiots will still be supporting Hamas against Israel, and voting Democratic.
I wonder if any are Russian nekultyrnoo muzhika?
Oldefarte| 11.25.12 @ 2:27PM
Do those same "idiots" possibly reside at 1600?????????
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 11.25.12 @ 5:01PM
I hope the Copts arm themselves. The only good Wahhabist is a dead Wahhabist. That's why I support Assad in Syria because if he goes Syrian Christians will be at the mercy of CIA armed and financed Sunni Wahhabists/Islamists. You know I am a non-interventionist. I wouldn't want the U.S. government to intervene on behalf of the Copts, but I would hope Orthodox and Coptic Christians in the West would help arm the Copts so they could defend themselves. I despise the Democrats and the Republicans alike for their foreign and domestic policies it just so happens to be at this moment that Democrats are more labor friendly than the Republicans and as a union member I cannot ignore that. Contrary to what you think I do not support Hamas. I do however believe that Palestinians deserve their own sovereign state free of Israeli settlements.
Oldefarte| 11.24.12 @ 11:25AM
No this country's admnistration does not love him for being a peacemaker, but rather as a receipent of their arms running operations inside the ME [as examplified by the Benghazi attack and probably by F&F as well]:
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfro...../id/465218