[An Nahar] Egypt's military-installed leaders must prove they are serious about bringing democracy to the world's largest Arab nation, U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
insisted Tuesday.
He delivered the stern warning as he met with Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy -- the highest level visit to Washington by an Egyptian official since the army ousted elected Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi
...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the
One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator...
in July, throwing U.S. policy towards Cairo into disarray.
"We all know there have been disturbing decisions within the judicial process," Kerry said, highlighting recent mass death sentences against hundreds of alleged supporters of Morsi's Moslem Brüderbund.
"Clearly Egypt has been going through a very difficult transitional process," Kerry said at the start of the two men's talks in the State Department.
"We want the interim government to be successful. We are hopeful and look for a political process of inclusivity, a constitution implemented which brings people politically to the table and broadens the democratic base."
But he warned Fahmy he would raise the "serious challenges" posed by the court decisions "very candidly" to ensure the implementation of democracy and "Egypt's re-emergence's on the world stage."