A democratically elected President overthrown in a military coup d’état who is then put on trial for his life as a “terrorist”.
His replacement being an Army general, now Field Marshall, whose men have gunned down 1,000 protesters since last summer, who has also now pushed through a new constitution with not just a majority but an impressive 98.1 % yes vote (albeit on a turnout of 38.6%) which forbids the Muslim Brotherhood ever standing again in any election.
20 journalists for the Al Jazeera television channel including 4 foreign ones, two being British, charged with with joining or aiding a terrorist organisation and endangering national security, their identities kept secret by the Egyptian authorities.
Surely, such acts would be condemned by all supporters of democracy? Umm...Middle-East peace envoy Tony Blair doesn’t think so. Blair defends the Egyptian army's decision to remove Egypt's first elected leader. War criminals have a tendency to cling to one another, don't they?
Blair said: "We should support those people in the region who want the open-minded society and the modern economy. That means we support the government here in Egypt...you know we can debate the past and it’s probably not very fruitful to do so, but right now I think it’s important the whole of the international community get behind the leadership here and helps.”"
Of course, Blair is well known for his skewed vision of the world and his re-writing of his personal involvement in past events which he understandably declines to debate.
His replacement being an Army general, now Field Marshall, whose men have gunned down 1,000 protesters since last summer, who has also now pushed through a new constitution with not just a majority but an impressive 98.1 % yes vote (albeit on a turnout of 38.6%) which forbids the Muslim Brotherhood ever standing again in any election.
20 journalists for the Al Jazeera television channel including 4 foreign ones, two being British, charged with with joining or aiding a terrorist organisation and endangering national security, their identities kept secret by the Egyptian authorities.
Surely, such acts would be condemned by all supporters of democracy? Umm...Middle-East peace envoy Tony Blair doesn’t think so. Blair defends the Egyptian army's decision to remove Egypt's first elected leader. War criminals have a tendency to cling to one another, don't they?
Blair said: "We should support those people in the region who want the open-minded society and the modern economy. That means we support the government here in Egypt...you know we can debate the past and it’s probably not very fruitful to do so, but right now I think it’s important the whole of the international community get behind the leadership here and helps.”"
Of course, Blair is well known for his skewed vision of the world and his re-writing of his personal involvement in past events which he understandably declines to debate.
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