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Old 08-18-2013, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Monkei View Post
How do we square up the notion of a democratic Egypt with an elected official with support for a military takeover against that same elected official? Can we be the standards for democracy and then within a couple of years abandon those standards.
We cannot !!!

This was a coup by any definition, and we should call it that and go from there.

I realize nothing is quite that simple, especially in the mideast, but it is what it is.....I am amazed that we continue to fund this coup. We are ignoring killing any many countries of the mideast and now this....am very confused.

Not talking politics here because I do not think anyone has any easy solutions for this, but at least lets be honest about it.

You are right, we cannot simply change our definitions....this was a military coup.