No Mubarak-Style Condemnation for Morsi Power Grab from Washington
The first democratically elected leader of Egypt fled the presidential palace today as fury over his Islamist power grab boiled over in Cairo with protesters clashing with police and demanding the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood leader.
The chants of “leave, leave” and “the people want to topple the regime” heard by reporters on the ground were familiar — the same chants heard in Tahrir Square two years ago when democracy-seeking Egyptians wanted president-for-life Hosni Mubarak out.
The draft “constitution,” hastily forged by Islamists as Egypt’s other vast interest groups protested the process hijacked by the Brotherhood, was the kerosene poured on Egyptians’ anger over Morsi granting himself “temporary” power over the judiciary and all other oversight bodies.
As Mauritanian activist and blogger Nasser Weddady succinctly tweeted, “In conclusion: if you’re a copt, an atheist, an agnostic, a Baha’i, non-religious Muslim, a shi’a, a Jew or a women you’re screwed. If you’e a free thinker, an artist, a journalist, you’re screwed by #Egypt new proposed ikhwani constitution #Liberticide”
The cries from Cairo, Alexandria, and beyond are getting louder as Egyptians protest the replacement of a dictatorship with Islamist tyranny.
In Washington… crickets.
There’s been no statement by President Obama chiding the power grab. The last mention of Morsi by the White House was a week ago in the daily press briefing, where spokesman Jay Carney was asked about the Egyptian president’s moves and in response urged “inclusive dialogue between the government of Egypt and all Egyptian stakeholders.”
“The current constitutional impasse is an internal Egyptian situation that can only be resolved by the Egyptian people, through peaceful democratic dialogue,” Carney said. “And we call on all Egyptians exercising their right to freedom of expression to do so peacefully.”
National Security Adviser Tom Donilon today met with Assistant to the President of Egypt for Foreign Relations and International Cooperation Dr. Essam el-Haddad to reaffirm “the strategic relationship between the United States and Egypt,” according to the White House, and “discussed a broad range of issues, including our bilateral economic cooperation, joint efforts to promote regional security and build on the cease-fire in Gaza, and Egypt’s democratic transition and the need to move forward with a peaceful and inclusive transition that respects the rights of all Egyptians.”
When reminded of the administration’s strict stance against Mubarak back during the Arab Spring, Carney said “much has changed since Mubarak was in power.”
“We need to step back, and look at the transformation that has been incurring in Egypt since the revolution began there,” he said.
But the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee suggested that the Obama administration has blinders on because of how much it wants Morsi to succeed.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) noted late last week that the White House “seemed to go out of its way to praise the Morsi government for making the ceasefire agreement happen” in Gaza.
“According to news reports, administration officials indicated off the record that President Obama was investing heavily in Morsi and views him as someone with whom the U.S. could do business. Of course, then Morsi immediately engaged in a massive domestic power grab, claiming virtually unlimited powers,” Ros-Lehtinen said.
“What steps should the Congress take to hold the Morsi government accountable for its actions? What further conditions should be placed on U.S. political, economic, and military support to Egypt?”
A congressional letter today demanded that Morsi step up his effort to stop arms smuggling into Gaza if he’s so concerned about keeping the peace.
Tony Blair’s comments about open minds are quite ironic. There aren’t many to be found in Egypt these days. The Muslim Brotherhood does everything they can to ensure that minds are quite closed.
Tony Blair fercryinoutloud… *facepalm* Tony Blair, the Grim Reaper of the Balkans, who fell in line with the Clinton Administration war against the Orthodox Christian Serbs. The upshot was that the Bosnian Muslims (a/k/a the local branch of al Qaeda) and the Albanian Muslims (jihadi-narcoterrorists) were able to form a stronghold in Europe that serves as a transit point for the infiltration of Islamic terrorists into Europe and elsewhere.
How’s the Islamization of Europe workin’ out for you, Tony?
Does anyone recall this administration’s stance in the midst of the Constitutional affrontery in Honduras? Remarkably similar and eerily prescient in my book!
When it comes to the Muslim Brotherhood Mafia all systems are go, regardless of their heinous effects.
And the Islamist-in-Chief has many handy helpers to prop up his new found ‘democracy’ via Shariah Islamist Law. Huma Abedin, her gal pal Hill, and Samantha Powers are key enablers. And the fact that the ENTIRE Mid East is on fire is okey dokey with the pyromaniacs. But never mind…if heaven forfend a true democracy builds toilets or homes in their thousands yr old capital, or their heartland-Judea and Samaria-all alarm bells go off.
In any case, what Washington’s mischief makers reap US citizens will sow. Because Morsi’s Mafia is pretty much running the US show too. Americans have no idea what will hit them, and it will be worse than the fiscal cliff – http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/11/28/treason-by-any-other-dressage-is-still-treason-the-potus-his-brotherhood-mafia-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/
Remember the Obamahdi’s reaction to the revolution in Iran? Same crickets, same chirping.
Jimmy Carter acquiesced to Islamofascism in Iran.
George W. Bush toppled a fascist in Iraq.
Barack Obama acquiesced to Islamofascism in Egypt.
I can see why the Democrats hate Bush as intensely as they do.
I think the real question here is where is this Obasma bozo leading the entire world. If anyone thinks the peanut farmer was off base and dizzy this goof really takes the cake. The mess he will leave behind will cripple the western world for decades to come if not forever. God how Carter must love this guy for claiming his dumbest president ever crown.
They know…..
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/
Since they blame him, my hope is that they get him.
– Ultrich will say nothing.
I’m waiting for Obambi to declare that “Morsi must go!”
I have more respect for the Egyptians than for Americans. At least they organize protests when they realize their head of state wants to be dictator. Americans stand back while theirs pulls off the greatest voter fraud in history, beating even Iran and they say nothing.