Was it a coup or a revolution? Its the only question a stranger gets asked in Cairo these days. Say it was a coup which overthrew Morsi in July, and you are a Muslim Brotherhood supporter. Say it was a revolution - in other words, a continuation of the 2011 revolution which overthrew Mubarak - and you are with Sisi. The trial itself was political. Why wasnt the current Egyptian minister of interior also in the dock - he held the same ministry in Morsis government - for the same crime of killing demonstrators outside the presidential palace. And, for that matter, why wasnt he on trial for the deaths of more than 600 pro-Brotherhood protestors after the coup. For it was indeed a coup; Sisi wasnt elected. Besides, does anyone believe that Morsi will be declared innocent? Yet strangely, the outside world is going along with this nonsense. John Kerry, the US Secretary of State who must be the only man alive to believe he can bring peace to Palestine, turned up in Cairo - on the day before Morsis trial, no less - with soft words for Sisi. Progress towards a civilian government - there are supposed to be parliamentary elections early next year - would function according to the norms of a global democracy, irrespective of the fact that we may have some cultural variations here and there in terms of our traditions. Robert Fisk
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:37:01 +0000
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