Slouching Toward Afghanistan? Big Pharaoh Defends Egyptian Protests

Morsi has refused to step down, the military is threatening to step in, and protests continue all over Egypt.

Is this a typical third world coup?  No, says Big Pharaoh:

The failure of Westerners to understand why Egyptians revolted against an elected regime is stemming from the fact that they, the Westerners, are secured in their inclusive constitutions, bills of rights and rule of law. We have nothing of these. We only had one facet of democracy – election – which brought a cultic organization with a fascist twist that decided to cancel the other facets.

Why did Egyptians vote for the MB if they were so dreadful? Well, they didn’t know. They did a mistake. The Germans voted for a mass murderer and the Italians voted for a fascist. We have the right to make mistakes too. We’re not better than the Germans and the Italians.

He offers specific criticisms of the Morsi regime:

President Morsi used his office to consolidate power for the Brotherhood which ruled Egypt as if it was just one branch in its regional organization. The instability in the country can be traced back to his dictatorial constitutional decree that granted him sweeping power; something Mubarak would have not even dared to do.

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 The Brotherhood did not try to change Mubarak’s regime, they just cloned it and made it work for their interests. The cultic nature of the Brotherhood organization, its ideological ties with foreign entities and regional span made it look as if it was “not very Egyptian”. Some of the protesters who took to the streets since last Sunday refer to the MB as the “the Brotherhood occupation.”

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Some tweets from Egyptians today:

 

@Sandmonkey why was it democratic when De Gaulle did it & yucky barbarian Egyptians when we want it!!!

— Fatma Ghaly (@fatmaghaly) July 3, 2013

 

When you see all this, u have no choice but to stop it. You have no choice but to push the hard reset button. U don't want to, but u have to

— السيد مانكي (@Sandmonkey) July 3, 2013

We r slouching towards Afghanistan, & we'll not allow it. We won't be a Jihad sponsoring state, we won't allow sectarianism as state policy

— السيد مانكي (@Sandmonkey) July 3, 2013

@sandmonkey "Democracy is 2 wolves & a lamb voting on what's for dinner;Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" BenFranklin #Jun30

— Ahmed Fattouh (@AMFattouh) July 3, 2013

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Unfortunately, Egyptians seem to be living in interesting times.