Obama on the wrong side of history twice in Egypt. Calls for Mubarak to step down but not Morsi. Nice work.
— Kirsten Powers (@kirstenpowers10) July 3, 2013
Millions of Egyptians poured into the streets on Wednesday to celebrate the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi and his Islamist regime. Following an Egyptian general’s announcement of a successful military coup, crowds erupted in jubilation at the news.
“Since last November, 2012, they started to call for a national dialogue with all political parties have responded, and it was rejected by the president in the last moments,” General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in the televised announcement.
Sissi said a government of technocrats will be appointed to run the country during a transition period he did not specify.
Cheers erupted among millions of protesters nationwide who were demanding Morsi’s ouster. Fireworks lit the Cairo night sky. Morsi supporters elsewhere in the city shouted “No to military rule.”
I hope this is the true ‘Arab Spring’ where they wake up and realize that Shira Law isn’t a good idea. That would really put a damper on Barry’s party plans.
Fatah calls on Palestinians to overthrow Hamas in wake of Morsi’s fall
The spread of heavy handed control by Muslim Brotherhood followers like Hamas appears to be waning, and the Palestinians are now considering similar actions to take back the reigns of their government: