Egyptian president removed by the Military

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Wyster Jul 3, 2013

Thoughts? Opinions?
༄☣βŁιnd☠Łιmιτ☣༄ Jul 3, 2013

Same shit.
〓BODGΞЯ〓 Jul 3, 2013

༄☣βŁιnd☠Łιmιτ☣༄ wrote:
Same shit.

Different day
gunstreet grrl Jul 3, 2013

Loving it. Positive sign that Egyptians won't tolerate Salafist/Islamist rule. The situation is still very charged, since Morsi was very defiant when he said he will die for the January 25 revolution if necessary. Doubt that they'll go away without bloodshed.
Wyster Jul 3, 2013

gunstreet grrl wrote:
Loving it. Positive sign that Egyptians won't tolerate Salafist/Islamist rule. The situation is still very charged, since Morsi was very defiant when he said he will die for the January 25 revolution if necessary. Doubt that they'll go away without bloodshed.

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gunstreet grrl Jul 4, 2013

💀༄ẙṳʗҡʘ༄💀 wrote:
He's lucky the people didn't tear him to shreds. Morsi and his Muslim brother hood wanted unlimited power over the people. The people were a little bit more educated than that. The U.S is in debt yet we still send Egypt $1.5 billion dollars in military aide. Wtf is the Obama administration thinking? That's not "turf wars" money they're sending.It's real debt we cannot afford.

A Bush-style strategy of "invade first, scramble to get facts later" didn't seem appropriate - there are no oil reserves in Egypt.
Actually, $1.5B is a bargain and they're not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, but to protect "US interests" (coin phrase for 21st century imperialism) by aiding a long-standing ally in the Middle East.

Agree he's lucky they didn't tear him to shreds, but the night is still young.
Jack Aubrey Jul 4, 2013

I'm not a big Morsi fan but it sets a terrible precedent for the military to overthrow the democratically elected government any time they don't like what's going on. Any time that happens it's a tragedy, not something to celebrate. And remember, this is the military Mubarak built. It's not like they've done such a stellar job running the country the last 30 years.
gunstreet grrl Jul 4, 2013

Jack Aubrey wrote:
I'm not a big Morsi fan but it sets a terrible precedent for the military to overthrow the democratically elected government any time they don't like what's going on. Any time that happens it's a tragedy, not something to celebrate. And remember, this is the military Mubarak built. It's not like they've done such a stellar job running the country the last 30 years.

Generally speaking, yes, it's a bad precedent. However, the army here stepped in on behalf of the Egyptian people that were demanding Morsi's deposition. It's not just to prevent bloodshed, it's good economic sense.Egyptian defense forces run about 40% of the economy, from hotels to pasta factories to washing machine manufacturing. Who do you think their customers are? They're not about to estrange them.
Plus a situation where street lynchings and an imminent civil war are avoided is definitely a cause for celebration.
Bernie Green Jul 4, 2013

Jack Aubrey wrote:
I'm not a big Morsi fan but it sets a terrible precedent for the military to overthrow the democratically elected government any time they don't like what's going on. Any time that happens it's a tragedy, not something to celebrate. And remember, this is the military Mubarak built. It's not like they've done such a stellar job running the country the last 30 years.

Democratically? His political party represents 30% of the population. How could he have legitimately won.
Under his reign, there has been a decline in the standard of living, a decrease in daily wages, unemployment has skyrocketed, and crime has hit an all time high with women suffering most. He also fired all the high ranking generals and politicians who knew how to do their jobs. And this has led to a end of tourism that has stopped a major source of income for the whole country.
Bernie Green Jul 4, 2013

He had to go, and it was in the best interest of the whole country for the military to step in and take control before another mismanaged, unqualified regime stepped in.
gunstreet grrl Jul 4, 2013

Bernie Green wrote:
Jack Aubrey wrote:
I'm not a big Morsi fan but it sets a terrible precedent for the military to overthrow the democratically elected government any time they don't like what's going on. Any time that happens it's a tragedy, not something to celebrate. And remember, this is the military Mubarak built. It's not like they've done such a stellar job running the country the last 30 years.

And this has led to a end of tourism that has stopped a major source of income for the whole country.
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Exactly right. He appointed as minister of tourism a guy connected to Gamaa Islamiya, the terrorist group responsible for the massacre of tourists in Luxor in '97. Enough said.
clint crawford Jul 5, 2013

It's a mess I know Egypt is not a huge oil seller but in general if the west would not support the middle east as far as oil sells we would be way better off. We have more than enough in north America to support ourselfs.
clint crawford Jul 5, 2013

Yea and actually then we keep the enviromentist happy not running ships across the ocean and the price won't spike everytime a bomb goes off. And more jobs for us as Canadians and america's.
King of Chaos Jul 6, 2013

Well... Morsi WAS a terrorist. He hated Israel and his people
gunstreet grrl Jul 6, 2013

💀༄ẙṳʗҡʘ༄💀 wrote:
Nakyd wrote:
Well... Morsi WAS a terrorist. He hated Israel and his people

Israel got some strong people, they experience a lot messed up shit from "hesbaula" how ever you spell it.
Lol. Hezbollah here.
King of Chaos Jul 8, 2013

💀༄ẙṳʗҡʘ༄💀 wrote:
gunstreet grrl wrote:
💀༄ẙṳʗҡʘ༄💀 wrote:
Nakyd wrote:
Well... Morsi WAS a terrorist. He hated Israel and his people

Israel got some strong people, they experience a lot messed up shit from "hesbaula" how ever you spell it.
Lol. Hezbollah here.
Thanks 👍👍
Israel is tough as shit, Pakistan should be "capped" and not allowed to "car bomb" Israel's "turf" anymore.