Pentagon Is Concerned About Egyptian Military’s Latest Moves; But Hopeful Of Transition

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials say they will continue to urge Egypt’s military council to transfer power to the new, democratically elected government, and are hopeful it will happen.

Pentagon press secretary George Little says the Defense Department is deeply concerned about the move by Egypt’s military to issue an interim constitution just as polls closed Sunday night that gives the generals sweeping authority to keep control of the government.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pentagon-is-concerned-about-egyptian-militarys-latest-moves-but-hopeful-of-transition/2012/06/18/gJQAFAvZlV_story.html

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. A soft coup...so far. We'll see what the popular reaction is.

And how the military responds.

[truedelphi]

2. meanwhile a different viewpoint of

The Egyptian happenings -

From article at "common dreams"
Today's military played an equally shrewd but different game: they insisted Mubarak go on trial – bread and circuses for the masses, dramatic sentences to keep their minds off the future – while realigning the old Mubarakites to preserve their own privileges.

The ex-elected head of the judges' club in Egypt, Zakaria Abdul-Aziz, has rightly pointed out that even if Mubarak was put on trial, the January-February 2011 killing went on for days, "and they [the generals] did not order anyone to stop it. The Ministry of Interior is not the only place that should be cleansed. The judiciary needs that."

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[KamaAina]

3. The new, democratically elected president is an Islamist

it's a no-win situation.

[wwytchwood]

4. thanks again

Obama!

[Mosby]

5. How is this Obama's fault?