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Egypt's interim vice president, Mohamed ElBaradei, resigned on Wednesday after the security forces violently broke up protest camps set up by supporters of the deposed president, Mohamed Mursi.
In a resignation letter to Interim President Adly Mansour, ElBaradei said that "the beneficiaries of what happened today are those who call for violence, terrorism and the most extreme groups".
"As you know, I saw that there were peaceful ways to end this clash in society, there were proposed and acceptable solutions for beginnings that would take us to national consensus," he wrote.
"It has become difficult for me to continue bearing responsibility for decisions that I do not agree with and whose consequences I fear. I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/14/us-egypt-protests-elbaradei-idUSBRE97D0X720130814
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)El Baradei carries the respect of people in and out of Egypt. And by resigning, he preserved that respect.
The military government has just lost what little respect it had left.
cali
(114,904 posts)who appear to still support the actions of the military.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Granted, Morsi was a fundie douchebag who was carrying out his own coup, but now that the new revolution has turned to slaughtering people in the streets, I wonder how many people are going to continue to cheer for this.
cali
(114,904 posts)who has written some awfully good pieces for the CSM, doesn't seem sanguine about that.
David Krout
(423 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)If you're interested in the reasoning, it goes like this: Following the mass murder of unarmed MB supporters today, there will be (and already has been) reprisal attacks, mostly against soft targets because the military is too formidable. That will in turn, solidify the anger and hate on the side of those supporting the military and round and round and round we go.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)But it's also a fact that many millions of Egyptians support the Muslim Brotherhood and are now being spoken of as vermin, as animals that deserve death. Many of them will inevitably fight back, and with the military too strong to attack head on, soft targets and civilians will likely be their targets. Scores of unarmed Brotherhood supporters died today.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2013/0814/As-military-makes-its-move-forget-about-liberal-democracy-in-Egypt
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)You know, those coffee-sipping liberal fans of democracy who demanded the coup after they lost the elections.