hundreds-die-as-egyptian-forces-attack

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Hundreds Die as Egyptian Forces Attack Islamist Protesters

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/world/middleeast/egypt.html?hp&_r=0

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From: barry levine 
Date: Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:44 PM
Subject: re: Hundreds Die as Egyptian Forces Attack Islamist Protesters
To: "letters@nytimes.com" 

To the Editor:

   President Obama showed both sense and spine in 2011 when he countermanded secretary Clinton's knee-jerk endorsement of Hosni Mubarak. The marchers of the Arab Spring clearly carried the Egyptian People's legitimate aspirations for a representative government. Mubarak--although a longtime ally of this country--had put himself on the wrong side of history. Since then we have not done as well. By continuing aid, we have legitimized the coup that ousted Mohamed Morsi. 

    It is never convenient to confess such a mistake. But as long as we underwrite the Egyptian budget and the Egyptian Military, the U.S. has a voice. And that voice must say that Morsi is the duly-elected president of Egypt, that the coup that ousted him is illegitimate and that the dollars won't flow until legitimate democracy is restored.

Barry Haskell Levine