Posted on 08/14/2013 10:33:56 PM PDT by Zakeet
With the US denouncing actions left, right, and center, it is tough to know what they stand for (or against) as the coup-less coup appears to have turned into a bloody civil war. Casualty reports vary; from 278 people dead (health ministry) to 2,000 dead (Muslim Brotherhood) including 43 policemen and from 2,001 injured (health ministry) to 10,000 (Muslim Brotherhood). As the dreadful images below suggest, the Egyptian people have grown divided beyond the point of no return, and despite the jingoist platitudes and rhetoric of John Kerry describing the "deplorable" situation on the ground, the reality of a civil war now seem inevitable. So with the US still stuck in denial (and for the CIA - phonetically so), pro-Mursi protesters clash with police, military, and one another as all hell breaks loose.
Raw footage of the day's escalating violence ... the following clip summarizes the day's aggression ... (See original article for videos)
Snipers on local Intelligence Agency roof kept over-watch...
The gas-mask-wearing army blockades...
And Egyptian riot police disperse Mursi supporters...
Protesters with their home-made weapons...
As the clashes turned bloody...
and left many dead...
The parallels with Jiminy Carter and Iran are disquieting. Iran was modernizing, westernizing, and liberalizing (in the good sense of increasing freedom) until Carter took the side of the Islamists and fomented a revolt.
The good news is the Egyptian Army has not been taken over by Islamists. Yet. The bad news is that Turkish Army has.
4000 dead mb and al qaeda in Egypt... it’s a start!
What the heck is it lately with giving all the BO crew halos??
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