Egypt 2007-2016 (merged thread)

[davidbfpo]

The second commentary is from Dr Omar Ashour, an Egyptian, who provides a succinct context for the crisis and ends with:

But if the junta-led political process somehow did roll back from exclusion, political and media repression, we may yet see a transition similar to Turkey post-1997. The scenarios aren't certain, but what is certain is that the future of Egypt's democracy is in great danger.

What is also certain is that the consequences of ending democratisation in Egypt won't be limited to the country itself. What happens in Egypt never stays in Egypt.

Link:http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...cracy-in-peril

[slapout9]

That the USA was sponsoring/financing the present ant- Morsi takeover. Link to the report.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/fea...522489801.html

[Wyatt]

Aljazeera also ran a piece on the criticism of their reporting. They gave quite a bit of space to the NED to refute claims against them. Its possible some three letter people run sources through them i would guess, similar to usaid ect but the reality is probably a whole lot less sexy than the original report.

The comparison between the military's role in turkey and their new one in egypt is pretty interesting. I wonder if the egyptian generals are forging their own path or looking at similar coups elsewhere...