People in the streets with weapons who are violently attacking buildings and slaughtering the people inside , including police stations and churches. People in the streets who are chanting about killing all Christians and Jews in the country. People in the streets who are looting museums, stores, and homes.
Was the military response appropriate? I’m not going to pretend like my understanding is nuanced enough to make such a vital distinction, but I don’t think it helps for us to paint the pro-Morsi folks as innocent in this whole thing. What should the government do? Let’s say you are the average, anti-Morsi, anti-Brotherhood Egyptian— would you be fine with the government not intervening to protect your family and property? Keep in mind, protests went on relatively undisturbed for almost a month, all while they continued to grow in aggression and hostile rhetoric. Meanwhile, the government did nothing. I certainly can understand why the average Egyptian appears to think the eventual military force was justified.
*Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., said curtailing aid could reduce U.S. influence over Egypt’s interim government, which controls access to strategic resources, including the Suez Canal.
“We certainly shouldn’t cut off all aid,” said King, who chairs the House panel on counterterrorism and intelligence.
King said there are no good choices in Egypt. Ousted President Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, was democratically elected. But, King said, the group has not demonstrated a commitment to democracy.
“The fact is, there’s no good guys there,” King said. “But of the two, I think there is more opportunity to protect American interests if we work with the military and continue our relationship with the military.”
The split among members of the same political party illustrates the uncertainty facing President Barack Obama as he tries to navigate volatile developments in Egypt, where crackdowns last week left more than 600 people dead and thousands more injured.*
But it’s interesting to know that Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y is a "diehard Obama worshipper ".:dubious:
Ah, that kind of answers my question - I was wondering what resources Egypt had that would make the US want to fight there (the usual suspect being oil, of course).
