I don't know much, but I do know that a military coup deposing a democratically elected president is a very bad thing. For everybody, and especially the folks jammed into Tahrir Square who think this is what they want.
Trust me, it's not. Presidents piss off their people all the time, especially in this country. Our president, for whom I've voted twice, is currently really pissing me off about all sorts of things, mainly on his complete lack of leadership on some major issues. That's another blog post for another time.
But you've got to have faith in the system. Even if your president is a dick, you have to believe that the system in place will minimize the damage he can do, and at the next opportunity you can vote his or her ass out of there.
That's not what's happening in Egypt. What's happening there a group (admittedly, a large one) of malcontents unhappy with the president, and an independent military acting as a loose cannon.
It's going to get ugly, is my guess. Democracy is hard. But you've got to give it a chance.
I'm saying all this from my ivory tower, but ... isn't that what bloggers do?
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