Here is a copy of a dialog between my nephew and my son about current events in Egypt. Aly Abdelmotaal Yesterday near Brussels, Région De Bruxelles-Capitale The American reaction to what is happening in Egypt is equal or even stronger than their reaction when their biggest alley (Mubarak) was outsted, tells a lot about who was backing MB and who made sure they end up in power Like · Soheir Allam and 10 others like this. Yosef Allam I respectfully disagree. The cynical, but shallow opinion or conventional wisdom on the Egyptian street (mob view) seems to be as you described, but this neglects many factors. The American government wants stability in Egypt. The American government indeed considered Mubarak an ally. The American government also wants a secular, free democratic government in Egypt. However, given the choice between a high probability of stability with a Mubarak versus a roll of the dice with unestablished democratic structures at the risk of said stability, it is tempting to favor a Mubarak, a known quantity, over a so-called fundamentalist "sheep" government we saw potentially taking power then actually taking power. Here, based on the previous situation a la Mubarak and his U.S. relationship, the cynicism is understandable. However, once it was apparent the MB would legitimately take power, the American government had to attempt to cooperate and work with the MB government and establish relations because American interests in Egypt remained and they must respect a democratically elected government. Furthermore, regarding the most current events (very happy for and proud of Egypt!), the American government cannot allow the precedent of appearing to favor a national military deposing a legitimately democratically elected head of state regardless of how one-sided he/she appears to be, his/her alleged cronyism, favor or disfavor towards the west and western interests, etc. The U.S. has never been in bed with Morsi; however, they have been in bed with the Egyptian military for decades. Evidence is as follows: recently on Telemundo but prior to the demise if the Morsi regime, Barack Obama said that the Morsi Administration was not an ally; not an enemy either, but not certainly not an ally. In addition, the Obama Administration said the Egyptian military should hasten to provide for "a" (NOT "the") democratically elected civilian government as soon as possible. The U.S. officials have also apparently consciously avoided using the word "coup" because the U.S. cannot respect a coup under U.S. law and also reflects an understanding that the Egyptian military actions are a response to the will of the people (evidence is clear in the form of millions of anti-Morsi protesters). Finally, throughout all this, it has been reported that top U.S. and Egyptian military counterparts have been in contact regularly. The U.S. government wants nothing more than to deal with a democratically-elected, secular, free, western-friendly government while continuing strong U.S.-Egypt military cooperation, but will deal with whomever is in power as necessary. There is no real evidence that the U.S. was ever, especially recently, pro-MB -- more so the contrary. 7 hours ago via mobile · Unlike · 1
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:29:54 +0000
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