Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Kerry meets with General el-Sisi and Mansour in Egypt

.. In substance as well as tone, Mr. Kerry’s visit to Egypt reflected the Obama administration’s determination to work with a military leadership that ruthlessly put down protesters from the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement that put forth the successful candidacy of President Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted on July 3. A military government, now firmly entrenched here, has promised to establish a civilian-led government.
“The road map is being carried out to the best of our perception,” Mr. Kerry said, referring to the plan by the Egyptian authorities to conduct a national referendum on an amended Constitution and hold parliamentary and presidential elections by next spring. 
“There are questions we have here and there about one thing or another,” he added in a joint news conference with his Egyptian counterpart. “I think it’s important for all of us, until proven otherwise, to accept that this is the track Egypt is on and to work to help it to be able to achieve that.”
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But questions remained about the Egyptian military’s intentions and the degree of American influence. 
Mr. Kerry met with Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour, and Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, the powerful minister of defense, who spearheaded the ouster of Mr. Morsi. But General Sisi and Mr. Mansour did not pledge that they would not extend Egypt’s state of emergency when it lapses on Nov. 14, as Mr. Kerry had requested.
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"...General Sisi and Mr. Mansour did not pledge that they would not extend Egypt’s state of emergency when it lapses on Nov. 14, as Mr. Kerry had requested."
And why the hell should they?

Until THEY ARE SURE that some puppet under the influence of Islamic clerics wouldn't be elected and they'd have to do the same thing all over again.

I HOPE General el-Sisi believes that another secular influenced government would be a disaster and UNACCEPTABLE under any circumstances. My hunch is he does.

If the people there want to hand the Government over to an Islamic leader, they don't deserve or are ready for free elections.

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1 comment:

cimbri said...

The US Govt has developed a bad habit of inadvertently or purposely helping to install Islamic govts in the ME since the ouster of Sadaam in Iraq. Glad they didn't listen to the US Govt in Egypt. Their military really saved the day over there.