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Champ still backs Morsi inspite a flood of resignations - Breitbart
President Champ called Morsi on Tuesday to express his concern about reports of violence and to urge Morsi to find a political solution to the crisis. In a statement, the White House stressed that it does not support any particular party in Egypt, but rather the Sharia based democratic process. Meanwhile, Morsi himself has remained defiant, rejecting a 48-hour ultimatum issued by the Egyptian military on Monday.
The Champ administration's careful insistence that it supports the Egyptian MB government but not the person or party in power is a clear attempt to run walk back its earlier, and costly, opposition to the demonstrations. Last week, U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson said that the U.S. government discouraged the forthcoming protests, which quickly grew to become the largest political demonstration in the history of the world.
Discourages the generally peaceful demonstration of possibly millions ?
The k*k sandwich conundrum for the Obama administration is that while Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood government did come to power in a democratic election, it has since undermined the institutional pillars of Egypt's fledgling democracy, including the judiciary and the media, in an attempt to consolidate its power. It has also embraced a "jihad" in Syria at a time when Egyptians at home face extreme economic instability and stagnation.
Them too? Do we need jihad ?
On Tuesday, American political commentator Charles Krauthammer called Obama's "bystander" approach to the Egyptian protests "shocking," but entirely predictable noting that he had eventually called for former President Hosni Mubarak to step down during protests in 2011. Obama claimed on Monday, implausibly, that his administration had never intervened: "Our position has always been, it's not our job to choose who Egypt's leaders are."
Excuse me, but why then do we back the Morsi and the MB ?
Because Champ is an honorable Chicago pol -- once bought, he stays bought...
Posted by: Besoeker 2013-07-02 |
