From Adam: "Although it isn't long, this
UPI piece on Kerry's view on the military coup in Egypt is extremely
revealing, exposing of course the blatant hypocrisy of the current
administration, and well, pretty much every arab and western government. Here a
couple of snippets I found the most interesting:
"Egypt may have dodged a civil war by ousting President Mohamed Morsi, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said, refusing again to call the ouster a coup.
'What complicates it obviously is that you had an extraordinary situation in Egypt of life and death, of the potential of civil war and enormous violence, and you now have a constitutional process proceeding forward very rapidly. So we have to measure all of those facts against the law,' Kerry told reporters in Amman, Jordan..." That's right, not only is a not a coup, but it's "an extraordinary situation", and somehow the non-coup coup averted civil war and "enormous violence".
And how complicated is the situation? Well, apparently we need the administration lawyers to explain to us what's really happening:
"I'm not going to rush to judgment on it," he said. "I'm going to wait until our lawyers have done their homework on it."
U.S. law requires the Obama administration to stop its more than $1.5 billion in annual aid if it decides the ouster was a coup."
And what could it have been that happened if not a coup? Well, that's not so clear, but here's one opinion:
"Judeh offered his opinion on the question, saying a military coup is when the military takes over, which he said was not what happened in Egypt. By contrast, he said, the military intervened "to put the constitutional process back on track.'"
So who exactly is in control of the Egyptian government if not the military? I'd be curious to know. And because of the situation's uniqueness we're not supposed to "pass judgment":
"And I think that we've got to give them the benefit of the doubt," he said. "They know best. The military in Egypt has been the guarantor of peace and stability in many twists and turns in Egypt's contemporary history."
When have we ever seen the U.S. give other's "the benefit of the doubt" because "they know best"? Well, obviously whenever it suits them. "
"Egypt may have dodged a civil war by ousting President Mohamed Morsi, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said, refusing again to call the ouster a coup.
'What complicates it obviously is that you had an extraordinary situation in Egypt of life and death, of the potential of civil war and enormous violence, and you now have a constitutional process proceeding forward very rapidly. So we have to measure all of those facts against the law,' Kerry told reporters in Amman, Jordan..." That's right, not only is a not a coup, but it's "an extraordinary situation", and somehow the non-coup coup averted civil war and "enormous violence".
And how complicated is the situation? Well, apparently we need the administration lawyers to explain to us what's really happening:
"I'm not going to rush to judgment on it," he said. "I'm going to wait until our lawyers have done their homework on it."
U.S. law requires the Obama administration to stop its more than $1.5 billion in annual aid if it decides the ouster was a coup."
And what could it have been that happened if not a coup? Well, that's not so clear, but here's one opinion:
"Judeh offered his opinion on the question, saying a military coup is when the military takes over, which he said was not what happened in Egypt. By contrast, he said, the military intervened "to put the constitutional process back on track.'"
So who exactly is in control of the Egyptian government if not the military? I'd be curious to know. And because of the situation's uniqueness we're not supposed to "pass judgment":
"And I think that we've got to give them the benefit of the doubt," he said. "They know best. The military in Egypt has been the guarantor of peace and stability in many twists and turns in Egypt's contemporary history."
When have we ever seen the U.S. give other's "the benefit of the doubt" because "they know best"? Well, obviously whenever it suits them. "