Granted he's "just a kid"...but I think you'd be hard pressed to find any kid in the U.S. who could so eloquently express why he believes this revolution is occurring. He makes some solid points to say the least...
Once again, women attempting to join the protests are being violently attacked and gang-raped. I don't know what it will accomplish, but Amnesty International is collecting signatures to protest the ongoing violence against women in Tahrir Square: http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteap ... 1307EAWMN1
All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
Let's everyone step back and look at the situation and form our opinions based on some truths.
Yes, Morsi was elected in a Western approved election.
Yes, Morsi is backed by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Yes, The Muslim Brotherhood is a fundamentalist religious group with heavy political involvement.
Yes, Morsi set up a Constitution that was heavily influenced by his base.
Yes, secular Egyptians do not want to live under a theocratic rule.
Yes, the military did step in to prevent civil unrest from turning violent.
Yes, this is a Coup d'etat.
Yes, the U.S. and Western Nations do not support Military Coups (unless they come up with economic reasons to support them).
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Now. what do you want?
Do you want the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi re-instated because they won a free election that was endorsed and approved by the Western World?
Or, do you want their military to make the final call on who wins?
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Personally... i don't think it is any of our (The United States) business. Democracy is difficult because there is never a 100% winner. There is always going to be dissent. We see this in our own country, right now. Would we be okay with our military uprooting President Obama, just because they don't like him? Should we have done that with former President Bush?
No. Because we live in a Democracy, whether we like it or not. sometimes, we win... sometimes we don't. but, we still (are supposed to) accept the will of our people and quit being cry babies about it.
That's Egypt's lesson to learn about Democracy. We may be able to express an opinion on their domestic situation... but, really... we are we to tell them what to do?
I say, give advise... stop foriegn aid to them. Let them decide how their nation is formed. It's not our job to build their nation. That one is on them.
America is not a Democracy, Rule by the majority.
we are a Republic, Ruled by Law
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4umifTLSII
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/world ... .html?_r=0
America is not a Democracy, Rule by the majority.
we are a Republic, Ruled by Law
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/14/world/mea ... ?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013 ... -coup.html