On Jul 29, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Marv Gandall wrote:
On Sunday, the government granted soldiers the right to arrest civilians, reviving sections of an emergency law under Mr. Mubarak. A day earlier, Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said he planned to reconstitute a secret police unit that was responsible for decades of oppression under Mr. Mubarak...the U.S.'s goal of promoting democracy in Egypt wouldn't be advanced by calling it a coup because doing so would alienate the generals and other leaders who the U.S. is now counting on to foster an inclusive democratic process.
The Brothers did their worst but failed in their appointed task of containing the Egyptian working class. So now it's back to open fascist repression, aka "an inclusive democratic process."
Shane Mage "Thunderbolt steers all things." Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64
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