MORSI FANNING THE FLAMES IN EGYPT
Who is to blame for the attacks on the U.S. embassy in Egypt? The protesters whose actions took a violent turn? The filmmakers who made a film denigrating the Muslim prophet, Muhammad?
Or is the Egyptian government, especially Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, at fault for provoking the protests.
Jytte Klausen of Brandeis University argues in a ForeignAffairs.com Snapshot that Egyptian President Morsi is largely to blame.
“The storming of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday echoed events following the 2005 Danish publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that led to widespread protest in 2006 and assaults on Danish embassies around the world,” Klausen writes.
“Today, Egypt’s president, Mohamed Morsi, and his government are playing the same role that his predecessor Hosni Mubarak did then: provoking protest to consolidate power.”
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Posted by Gary
on Sep 18 2012. Filed under Breaking News, Middle East, Top Stories.
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trusting the muslim brotherhood is like trusting you wonr get bitten walking in a nest of rattlesnakes
Arab natons seem in confusion, and confounded, and in the midst of upheavel.
Morsi is telling the U.S. what to do and here i thought we supplied, trained and paid the Egyptian army.
The U.N. speeches should be interesting this year; hope everyone is wearing protective clothing.