It seems that Egypt's President Morsi has taken some advice from President Obama's former Chief of Staff and now mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel.
Egypt's armed forces chief has warned the current political crisis "could lead to a collapse of the state".General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, in comments posted on the military's Facebook page, said such a collapse could "threaten future generations".He made his statement following a large military deployment in three cities along the Suez Canal where a state of emergency has been declared.
More than 50 people have died in days of protests and violence.
Overnight, thousands of people in Port Said, Ismailia and Suez - where some of the worst unrest has been - ignored a night-time curfew to take to the streets. [source]This crisis has allowed President Morsi to use the army to quell opposition to his Islamist constitution and imposition of Sharia law.
There seems to be something about people that resents elected officials who use their positions to try to fundamentally change their societies and trample the rights and freedoms that have been a tradition for centuries. Fortunately, here in the United States, we don't have politicians like that, do we?
Hmmm. We have fundamentally changed our debt.
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