Posted on 07/04/2013 1:22:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai
EU countries are unsure how to react to the Egyptian army's removal of President Mohamed Morsi from power.
Ambassadors from the 28 EU states discussed Egypt at a meeting in Vilnius on Thursday (3 July) in the margins of events to launch Lithuania's EU presidency.
The Dutch envoy, Marjan de Kwaasteniet, tweeted that EU states voiced concern about arbitrary arrests of MB, referring to an armys crackdown on some 300 members of Morsis Muslim Brotherhood party earlier the same day. Another EU diplomat told EUobserver that some member states want to send a signal to the Egyptian military that it crossed the line, for example by suspending some EU aid projects.
But on the other hand, they do no want to look as if they back Morsi. Its awkward, the contact said. Morsi was democratically elected, and you cant applaud military intervention in the democratic process. But then again, Morsi has not acted in the way that we would like our partners to act.
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The Egyptian Army seems to be the only ones who know what they are doing. The rest are frightened of angering their Muslim population.
Electing a Muslim in a Democrat election is the kiss of death anywhere.
Billions of dollars/euros on a muslim brotherhood revolution and all they got was a lousy t-shirt.
The Dutch envoy, Marjan de Kwaasteniet, tweeted that EU states voiced "concern about arbitrary arrests of MB,"Waiting for that big pile of US aid to arrive looks pretty smart now, eh?
That’s just what I thought. Where was all this concern about democracy, etc, while Christian Copts were being crucified, when priests are beheaded?
Yep. It’s amazing how quickly, and how openly, the many sides are coming together for the coming global government. It’s amazing that people still refuse to see how exactly it was foretold in Bible prophecy.
How many times has Italy’s government been turned over? European governments as a whole since World War 2?
It is the rulers and leaders of other countries making these comments. They are probably scared out of their minds. I think the rest of the world is happy about it all.
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