Saturday, July 6, 2013

Democracy Alone No Longer Guarantees Failed Leadership EGYPT

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kennomics: Tax the people so much thereby cutting their buying power in half, and systematically running people out of business. Hats off to Kenny for this successful endeavor, Sir Author Lewis must be turning in his grave.

July 6, 2013 at 2:08 PM
Son-of-man said...

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Let us establish from this point that there was a Military Coup d'etat in Egypt. After one year after Egypt’s first-ever free and democratic elections the elected leaders of Egypt were arrested and imprisoned by the US controlled Military. On July 3. The military has deployed on the streets in what can only be described as a coup, albeit a popular coup. The military intervention has immense popular support among the protesters. The Egyptian armed forces announced July 3 that Morsi has been deposed, and that a new political road-map would be followed.

The continued polarization in Egypt and the military’s renewed threats to intervene could spell disaster for a country struggling to get on its feet after 30 years of misrule, corruption and human rights abuses perpetrated by the U.S.-backed Mubarak regime. The Egyptian military, an opaque institution, is playing a crucial role in the current crisis. Backed by U.S. military aid and protective of their own economic interests, they essentially function as a state within a state.

As long as the Military does not fight with Israel it will continue receiving about $1.3 billion annually. The money has gone to buy fighter jets, tanks, armored personnel carriers, helicopters and more making it a formidable force against who or what? You figure!
The U.S. has always played a crucial role in Egyptian politics. They continue to give lip-service to the democratic process, all the while bolstering the Egyptian military--a thoroughly undemocratic institution.

July 7, 2013 at 4:37 AM
Son-of-man said...

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BUT IT WAS A COUP D'ETAT !!

The U.S. has not showed its hand directly in the current Egyptian crisis. Publicly, officials have said that the U.S. does not favor one political side over another in Egypt. They have stressed to Morsi that the protesters must be allowed to demonstrate peacefully.
But CNN reported yesterday that the U.S. has essentially sided with Egypt’s military, and told Morsi that new elections should be announced. While the U.S. has also warned against a direct military takeover, the officials who spoke to CNN made clear that America is supporting the military’s ultimatum. While U.S. law dictates that aid can't flow to a coup government, the State Department has so far refused to characterize the military intervention as a coup. 

July 7, 2013 at 4:43 AM
Anonymous said...

Always amazes me that when someone writes a good article the comments are always about some political crap.

The West will soon learn that they cant control anything in the Middle East. A lock down of the canal would soon wake a few persons up.

We in SLU are evolving day by day. There is much less money in circulation and every business is feeling that slow down. Noticeably the Inland Revenue has never sent out so much mail trying to get Taxes out of persons that can bearly pay their light bills. You pay Tax on profit as simple as that. Taxes even out of persons who have passed away.

It is going to be a very interesting 2013/14

Lets slow down a little.

July 8, 2013 at 6:54 AM
Son-of-man said...

@ 6:54

What the hell "AMAZES" you? A mango? A stone?

This perpetual use of the lucian line, "I am amazed..." was outlawed by the Duke of Edinburgh Mountbatten who will die this year from the incurable "Claps"/Bladder infection he got from your sick Queen Elizabeth-II.

I am instructing that you be arrested upon your sighting. charges: resurrecting the dead.

July 8, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Son-of-man said...

U.S.A. = To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
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White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday that Washington will not stop providing military aid to Egypt despite the overthrow of Morsi.



"This is a complex and difficult issue, with significant consequences," Carney said.



"We think it would not be in the best interests of the United States" to change its aid program at this time, the spokesman said.



When asked if that would mean the White House would be cutting off aid in the near-term, Carney repeated, "We think that would not be in our best interests."



Some American officials say the Obama administration wants to find a way to avoid labeling the Egyptian military’s action a coup in order to keep the military aid flowing.



Prominent Republican Senator John McCain said on Monday that U.S. aid to Egypt should be cut off in accordance with U.S. law.



"It is difficult for me to conclude that what happened was anything other than a coup in which the military played a decisive role," McCain said.



According to U.S. law, financial assistance to any country whose elected head of state is deposed in a military coup is prohibited. The United States supplies about $1.5 billion in annual aid to Egypt

July 9, 2013 at 4:11 AM

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