ShyM-X:


Sir, that was for the cameras, his base and Egyptian people, and the pact Egypt has with Palestinian people. Morsi has been a western puppet since he assumed office - they put him there. Don't forget that Muslim Brotherhood is a British/Western creation and the brotherhood's foot soldiers were the ones who started the Libyan revolution and they are also at the forefront of the Syrian revolution/war.

tbaba1234: The issue here is beyond religion. Even religious muslims seem to be against morsi.

Many egyptians seem to be upset with him but is this the way to go?

Just demonstrate if the leader is not working?

What if the next guy is bad?? Would they kick him out too??

It sets a dangerous precedent. Let him finish his tenure then kick him out if he fails

Prof Corruption:
There won't be any significant policy change because the coup is executed in an intelligent way with a civilian leading the executive. That removes a lot of pressure from the Egyptian military. The real leverage of the Americans is basically with the military, not the brotherhood, so US has not lost much in Egypt. US ll issue statement in this line: we stand by the Egyptian people and call on all Egyptians to support the roadmap that leads to a full democracy.

A more cautious moderate islamic leader ll ultimately come to power when elections are held.

Our Egypt correspondent Patrick Kingsley has tweeted that some Egyptian Islamists are already fearing reprisals, and that 300 arrest warrants have just been issued for Muslim Brotherhood members.

So... Islamists feared reprisals should Morsi go. And with 300 warrants out for MB leaders already, it seems it's already going that way.
— Patrick Kingsley (@PatrickKingsley) July 3, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/04/egypt-morsi-removed-army-live

I now call on the Egyptian military to move quickly and responsibly to return full authority back to a democratically elected civilian government as soon as possible through an inclusive and transparent process, and to avoid any arbitrary arrests of President Morsi and his supporters

President Barack Obama urged Egypt's military Wednesday to hand back control to a democratic, civilian government without delay, but stopped short of calling the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi a coup d'etat.

In a carefully worded statement, Obama said he was "deeply concerned" by the military's move to topple Morsi's government and suspend Egypt's constitution. He said he was ordering the U.S. government to assess what the military's actions meant for U.S. foreign aid to Egypt.

Under U.S. law, the government must suspend foreign aid to any nation whose elected leader is ousted in a coup d'etat. The U.S. provides $1.5 billion a year to Egypt in military and economic assistance that is considered a critical U.S. national security priority.

"I now call on the Egyptian military to move quickly and responsibly to return full authority back to a democratically elected civilian government as soon as possible through an inclusive and transparent process, and to avoid any arbitrary arrests of President Morsi and his supporters," Obama said.

The U.S. wasn't taking sides in the conflict, committing itself only to democracy and respect for the rule of law, Obama said.

Egyptian armed forces on Wednesday ousted Morsi, an Islamist and Egypt's first democratically elected president, after just a year in power. The military installed a temporary civilian government, suspended the constitution and called for new elections.

Morsi has denounced it as a "full coup."

Obama huddled in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday afternoon with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Attorney General Eric Holder and his new national security adviser, former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. In his statement after the meeting, Obama said he expected the military to protect the rights of Egypt's men and women to due process and peaceful assembly. He reaffirmed his call for a democratic Egypt that involves participation from secular and religious parties alike.

"The voices of all those who have protested peacefully must be heard, including those who welcomed today's developments, and those who have supported President Morsi," Obama said, urging all sides to refrain from violence.

Prof Corruption: "Whoever brings religion to use in politics or in favour of one group at the expense of another will fall anywhere in the world. The summary of what is happening in Egypt is the fall of what is called political Islam."
---Bashar Assad, The embattled Syrian President.

nijanigga: The instability America is causing around the world, will always come back to hunt them.I'm not condoning terrorism,but if the Muslim brotherhood turn to a terror organization?

Ogetogeo:

And you prefer the military junta era? Smh

How old are you? We have been there before and never wish same for even our enemies.

An adage says, "He that has not seen war, is the one that asks for war".

InvertedHammer:

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[b]You are wrong.

Democracy is government of the people by the people and for the people. When someone deviates from campaign promises and starts pandering to the wishes of a cabal, he/she has lost the mandate given to him/her. Democracy needs to be tailored to the environment it is being practiched. That is the essence of critical thinking(thinking outside the box) in colleges instead of cramming texts and vomiting same without critical analysis of the content.

It is idiotic to wait a full term of madness to change non-performing leadership. No time lost is ever gained back.
Egyptians took the bull by the horn. I applaud the military for the matured way they handled the situation.

OBJ did terribly bad.. we waited for a full 8 yrs. GEJ is now dancing naked and we will wait another 8 years. That will be 16 years down the drain while we await for Messiah to levitate down from heaven to solve our problems.

Do you wonder why most nations are hostile to Nigerians? Because when countries are bad, the citizens fight the power (kudos Syria, Egypt, Libya). The eventual outcome might not be well, but they stared the dictator in the face and fought like the heroes that they are. But in Nigeria, the citizens are scouting for any country where the citizens have finished fighting with their blood to migrate there and start living a good life.

When I think of Nigerians, I remember the adage that says, "People will choose UNHAPPINESS over UNCERTAINTY--Timothy Ferriss"[/b]

Obiagelli:
This is serious, always new the brotherhood would not last in a strategic country like Egypt. I won't be surprised if the West endorsed this coup

Prof Corruption:

You see, nothing in itself is bad or good in life. Everything is relative and context justifies everything. let me explain: if you as an individual kill your fellow citizen, it's frown upon as murder. But when a policeman kills a condemned armed robber, it's called what? perfectly normal. That means murder in itself is not a bad thing but the context provides the label of good or bad. That's why you have homicide, real murder etc. Context matters in everything in life. And to paraphrase Achebe, where one thing stands, another thing would stand beside it.There's a narrative behind what is happening in Egypt that clearly vindicates the military intervention.

sweetcheecks:

The best comment by far very educative and clear.

I am actually shocked that some people are faulting one of the best democratic processes in action. We need to be applauding the Egyptian people who chose to protest and put preasure on a regime/goverment that has in just over a year made some of the most radical changes forsaking the rights and wants of his citizens.

Why should anyone wait when the writting is on the wall, that you ( people) happen to have made a big mistake. The army is just ensuring that the conflict does not detoriate into another Syria. I have all the respect for the Egyptians.

As you have clearly mentioned democracy is a contract between the government and the people. The people being the employer and the government the employee. When there is a contractual breach and the employer had tried all other remedies to save the relationship failure on the part of the employee to ractify his action the employer has right to terminate the contract thru the right processes in this case democratic means, protests being one of them.

Only if we Africans can understand that we are not suppose to be bystanders but active participants in our democracies, that would save us the financial massacres that bleed Africas billions to offshore accounts year after year.

On the last note, Egypt will get it right eventually becouse; they seem to be of one mind both the people and the military in avoiding war at all cost. Without an aggresive, offensive and power hungry millitary war chances decreases. And also after decades under a power monger they can surely see the signs miles away and not willing to ever settle for less.

There is not even one country in the whole world that could claim "true" democratic status. The mighty USA which has put itself as a defender of democracy across the globe are the major abusers of democracy. Take a look at Snowden report et al so called whistle blowers America has controlled democracy with wall street being the boss. Americans tried protesting against Wall street their true boss and failed becouse of amazing controlling power its government that Wall street has against Americans.

So, total democracy is an idea that could never be achieved, a mere "UTOPIA".
Bravo Egypt, I salute!

Okija_juju: This Arab spring has set Egypt back by years..

Already, tourism has dropped by over 40%

careytommy:
only islamist like you wont see anything good in this

pDude:

And how old are you.

Nigeria is the only country that has proved that military govt is much better than civillian govt. I remember back in the days, everyone had enough to eat and jobs were plentiful, even in Abacha's time.

The fiasco that is presently your civillian govt is keeping you deluded to the fact that they are the worst thing to ever happen to Nigeria.

GenBuhari: Good point. however it should be noted that the civilian govts in Nigeria were always doomed to fail from the outset by the people who set them.

In 1979 it was genocidal kleptomaniac Thief Obasanjo

In 1999 it was evil genocidal kleptomaniac Evil Babangida who engineered for Genocidal Kleptomaniac Thief Obasanjo to have ,
8 good years to ruin Nigeria and any prospect of a workable democracy.