First off let me apologize for being away for so long. I
recently relocated to Florida from southern California due to a new job. I am
so happy to be free of California politics and crazy taxes. However, I arrive
in Florida in the middle of the farce/circus that is the George Zimmerman trial
(kill me now).
Since my last post, there have been many different topics
that I would have liked to weigh in on. Topics such as the NSA spy program and
everything that goes along with Snowden from weather he committed treason or
should be protected under the Whistle Blower Protection Act. To his seek for
asylum with some of the US’s biggest threats in the world.
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| What will be the new face of Egypt? |
The one event that I want to talk about today is the recent
unrest in Egypt and what the US policy should be in response to the military
coup (if that is what we are going to call it). Let me first look at what we are going to call the uprising
of the last few weeks. Does it parallel the Arab Spring movement, which was
touted as the introduction of democracy to the Middle East, or is it just
another run of the mill military coup? I believe that it is the latter and not
the former. The military complex removed the leader of the country who was
properly elected by the citizens of that country and that in my opinion is a
coup. Now don’t get me wrong, I am not a fan of Morsi or the Muslim Brotherhood
nor do I believe that the he was a good President or was he leading Egypt down
the right path. In fact I believe most Egyptians are currently in a worse
economical state than they were in the beginning and eventually this coup may
lead to a better life for Egyptians, however a coup is not the way to go about
removing people from power. There was an impeachment clause built into the
Egyptian constitution and that is how this should have been played out. Gain
the support of the legislature and properly remove Morsi from power and if that
didn’t work vote him out of power at the next scheduled election. If Morsi did
not give up power after either of these events then a coup would be seen restoring
the legitimate government and constitution. Instead, the military seized the first opportunity to take
power once they realized that Morsi was not interested in leading in a
democratic fashion. No matter how much this will eventually help out the people
of Egypt is was no the proper action to take.
Now we have the lack of American response to the situation,
the White House has said little even though they have backed Morsi and the
Brotherhood in the past. Nor has the Obama Administration cut off aid to Egypt
even though it is required to do so by law. I can’t believe I’m about to say
this but I fully agree with Senator McCain we must cut off all aid until the
democratic process has been fully returned to Egypt. Cut off all aid until
elections are held and the winner of that election has taken power. Not cutting
off aid sets a very bad precedent, not only does it show the World that the US
is not committed to democracy but only democracy as it sees it, and by not
cutting off aid we give the military to do what ever it wants to in another
country as well as cementing the military as the supreme leader of Egypt. What is everyone's opinion of the correct course of action?
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