By showing a strong opposition to the June 30 uprising against Muslmi Brotherhood rule, Obama seems not to notice that he sides with an administration acused of showing support to the 'jihadist' Salafi groups led by Mohamed el-Zawahri, the brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman el-Zawahri. After Morsi's ousting, Mohamed El-Zawahri called upon his followers to fight all those working on toppling Mohamed Morsi--from Egyptian liberals to Copts to the army and police--an order that started to be carried out by terrorist groups against the Egyptian Armed Forces in Sinai. The Egyptian people are not concerned with American plans pertaining the Middle East, especially with respect to the the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. But this cannot excuse their insitance on dubbing the public revolution led by nearly 30 million Egyptians against Morsi's rule as a coup for being supported by the Army. The military's intervention should not derail the legitimacy of the revolution's popular roots--no matter what western nations or media percieve. If the recent uprising was indeed a 'coup', why is it that the United States supported January 25 revolution even when it was backed by the army? Why did Obama urge Americans to learn from the Egyptian youth in how they lead their peaceful demonstrations? At the time, Washington urged the former President Mubarak to respond to demands of the streets and continued supporting Cairo even under rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) that continued ruling Egypt for a year and half. I believe the US has arranged its political vision alongside the Muslim Brotherhood because of their willingness to co-operate with Israel in containing Hamas operations against Israel. Because of thier regional goals, the United States closed its eyes to the unlawful procedures the Brotherhood president took during his reign (he deminished the effectiveness of the democratic process and threatened future diversity of authority in Egypt). Along with his failed foreign policy that threatened Egypt's relations with the Arab, African and European friends, Morsi neglected the economic vitality of Egypt and nearly bankrupt Egypt's coiffers. What else should the Egyptians have done other than revolt against the failed Morsi administration – an authority that sacrificed the national security of their country by collaborating with extremist and terrorist groups with the aim to achieving their goal of creating a unified religious rule in Egypt and the region. We the people had to rise up against this. The United States loses a lot in sacrificing its friendship with the Egyptian people. In supporting a totalitarian extremist administration, it forgets that rulers change, but the people remain.
