Sunday, June 24, 2012

Mursi

I was watching the live speech of Muhammad Mursi.  He never disappoints: he always manage to exceed the bad expectations that we have for him.  He does manage to impress in this way: I had said that he has the charisma of a cucumber and now I feel I misjudged the cucumber.  We need to find more about his educational credentials: the claims--at least I read in some Egyptian newspapers--that he has a PhD form San Jose State? San Jose State does not offer a PhD in engineering.  We need to verify his claims.  The speech was empty and non-inspirational and delivered with the oratorical skills of Husni Mubarak.  The only thing that was noticeable is that he did not address foreign policy except to stress his respect for "international agreements"--in clear reference to the peace treaty with the Israeli enemy. That shows that this is a president who rules at the mercy of the Military Council.  And most importantly, the Muslim Brotherhood would trample on Palestine on the way to power.