Saturday, July 6, 2013

The Egyptian Revolution

Egypt is going through its second revolution in as many years.  As many as fifteen million (!) citizens took to the streets to protest the actions and policies of President Morsy.  And the Army responded by removing the president from office.

 The constitution was suspended, and a civilian justice from the Supreme Constitutional Court was put in charge to distinguish the change of power from a military coup.  It's always tricky when the military intervenes, but when it's driven by an enormous popular uprising, it's difficult to question the legitimacy of the turnover of power.

 This is history in the making, and we saw it unfold on TV.  European TV.  CNN was very late to the party.  They were too concerned with covering the George Zimmerman trial, i.e. 'Television News For Idiots'.
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