Egypt and the absurdity of imposed democracy

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A moment of truth to my Egypt and the world! Do not be misled by media coverage that uses such inflammatory slogans as Morsi hails a new era for Egypt; A new democracy for Egypt, etc... My foot! Keep your heads up, forever!

The glorious old Cairo Opera House
Inaugurated 1869, burnt 1971 (Photo 1966, Circa)

The majority of Egyptians believe that Morsi is not the legitimate president of Egypt. They believe that neither he nor his party can be. World media does not have the right to claim so. Over 80% of Egyptians believe that Morsi has been imposed on Egypt by super powers; the same super powers that brokered a deal with armed terrorist groups from Hamas, Chechnya, Libya and Al-Qaeda to set loose the current ruling folks in early 2011. These folks threatened to slaughter (in Arabic Mazbaha) Egyptians who oppose them. They did so before the presidential elections in 2012, which they lost to Mr. Ahmed Shafik but they were elected against the will of Egyptians. The same happened with the referendum following the ridiculously constructed constitution that was conceived, stealthily, by a panel of one hundred of the new party (currently limping, staggering and shaking with resignations and scandals).  Most of them are directly linked to the assassins of President Sadat; God bless his soul! Consequently Morsi and his referendum have NOT been elected by the majority of Egyptians or even by any close to 30%

Beloved national Egyptian icon Mustafa Kamel historic statue
Who led the plight to free Egypt from British occupation (1882)
In the heart of Cairo! Pictured in 2009

Beloved national Egyptian icon Mustafa Kamel historic statue (1882) 

From a different angle

Covered by the Muslim Brothers in 2012. Pictured in 2013

If the world media counts on the fact that the majority of Egyptians are of Muslim faith to help them in their declared assumptions that Morsi and the referendum for his constitution have been chosen by Egypt, let it be careful. The media would need to stretch  its analysis in a comprehensive manner; one that would cover genuine threats and violence by this new party and its thugs in order to, if at all, suggest to the world that there may be, at least public fowl play and coercion! But the world media has not covered these facts and the world could still be misled. After all, the majority of Egyptian Muslims vowed to protect their fellow Christians from such barbaric threats or intrusive foreign policy! (Aliens in Egypt are not included in this count)

The good news, is that just as Egyptians families have conquered the assaulting troops of, Persians in the battle of Cambyses in 334 BC, Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 in the city of Abu-Kier in Alexandria and just as they have liberated their land from one hundred and fifty years of British colonialism (in 1954) or from the tripartite aggression on Egypt in 1956 or even dared the world and called for peace with Israel, so too, have the Egyptians vowed to liberate their land from a rule that has been chosen to them by some super powers.

The Egyptians, of all faiths, shall have no armed outsider, especially with strange clothes, smell and accent; drag them so low, as to cede their priceless seven thousand years old tree of fruits, culture, heritage, gentle differences, love and faith to a party of thugs; a party that keeps threatening to slaughter the opposition, a party backed by some lukewarm, colourless and odourless superpowers; a party that is not Egyptian; a party that is backed by none Egyptians and armed to slaughter Egyptians who planted mother tree; Egypt!

2009 view of Alexandria's shore
Citadel of Sultan Qaitbay (AD 1477) far left

Enough is enough… really! This is the land of Egypt, as if Hyksos, Persian, Roman, Arab, French and English conquests, across the millenniums have not sucked the wealth of Egypt enough; let alone some pharaohs and dictators. The Egyptians will rekindle the lustre of their mother tree, together, and they will have no imposter break them apart! May God bless Egypt and all beautiful Egyptians!

Please read: Jasmines from Egypt Branches Forever

Obama and Clinton Tactics for Egypt

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Alexandria Ramleh Beach Panorama (Nicopolis, AD 30)

Rafik Baladi, July 15, 2012: Secretary of State Hilary Clinton visited Egypt, yesterday, on July 14, 2010, allegedly because she cared about the move towards democratic transition that, somehow, claimed that all Egyptian parliamentary and presidential polls favoured the Muslim Brotherhood and other extreme Muslim players (such as the Salafists). She met the new “…democratically elected Egyptian President, Mohamed Morsi” for serious talks “… in favour of Egypt”. She was received with open arms by many advocates of the new party and was resisted by some rotten tomatoes, potatoes and a few shoes in Alexandria by demonstrators that condemned both the newly declared romantic business friendship between USA and the allegedly “…democratically elected new party and parliament”. These demonstrators, also, condemned the actions and threats of this party (and its advocates) that was repeatedly reported to have assaulted hundreds of Egyptians in Tahrir Square in Cairo including the Christians of the Alexandria 2010 church massacre,those of the Egyptians of the Cairo Maspero massacre and elsewhere in Egypt, let alone (the democratically elected party's) threats to demolish cultural heritage sites (amongst others and resorting to violence (slaughter), in the event it did not win power.

And this is the question! Today, Sunday, July 15, 2012, I was watching CNN News-Hour around 6.15PM Eastern meantime; and I saw an interesting exchange of ideas between the CNN news anchor (a smiling lady with a blue necklace, whose name I don't not know and am not interested to know... Possibly, Erin Burnett) and the reporter (probably in Egypt) and her name is Elise Labott (I hope I am spelling her name right; although I don’t care). Both ladies mentioned statements like “… lack of respect to the Senator; the Egyptians don’t understand that this visit was meant to enforce the new allegedly democratic transition, amongst others”. And I did not care for their incomprehensive analysis because it was narrow and failed to mention that the horror of the Alexandria’s demonstrations was not because it lacked respect or because of incompetence.  

It was far more than that! I found it condescending, judgemental and non-factual. Here are the reasons. The majority if not 80% of Egyptians are haunted by the memories of USA involvement with Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq and how Mujahedeen, once helped by America, turned against America and the West. They (the Egyptians) are grieving the Alexandria church bombing of December 2010 and the threats by the new party, allegedly “…democratically elected” [politically imposed] with no public retribution by the Secretary of State and the President of USA, President Obama, to the suffering of both the vast Muslim Egyptian liberals (around thirty million) and the hurting Egyptian Christians, (Another twenty-five million according to the Egyptian Papal figures) and a further six and a half million Christians who fled their homeland to the west. To top it, more than half of the remaining twenty-eight million in favor of the [imposed] new ruling party is either misled and illiterate or an unrepresentative cluster of the polling samples. They can neither read nor comprehend what is being presented by all parties; let alone  how easily influenced they could be by fictitious promises for values and return to God.

And the American people did not have a chance to feel the pain and suffering of liberal Muslim and Christian Egyptians (a good sixty-five million) because the American media coverage did not stretch its coverage to include the recent suffering of Egyptians and Egyptian Christians nor that of the narrow-mindedness of a few who use religion to entice fanatics at the detriment of centuries of heritage and thousand of lives, churches and cultural sites of Egypt. To top it, Secretary Clinton (and others) stood in Tahrir Square in Cairo, in early 2011 and witnessed the killing of Egyptians but applauded the revolution… so maybe they can tolerate some tomatoes and potatoes.

Alexandria Ramleh Beach Panorama (Nicopolis, AD 30)

Secretary Clinton and President Obama, I plead you not to undermine the Egyptians or to intervene to help them understand; Egypt is seven thousand years old and character is engraved in its people, their roots and branches. Egyptians have suffered a lot because of such extremist thought, let alone colonialism and the tripartite aggression of 1956 with USA standing still (had it not been for the Hon. Lester B. Pearson of Canada who saved a catastrophe; God bless his soul). Egyptians love Americans and they count on your leadership. It doesn't take much to open your hearts. Let us not anger God; the halls of Egyptian martyrs are far too crowded; and the intellectually curious women of Egypt are far to eager to flourish, than to condone this undemocratically elected narrow minded party which you endorse and support. How can you do this to your friends... really? You have just compromised millions of Egyptian Christians and Egyptian Muslim liberals by condoning the oppressors; you handed the grieving Egyptians to their assailers! And this new party, together with its worldwide allies (a number of which are in the Middle East) is but an ax about to break the fragile social cohesion of the majority of Egyptians who respect each other's faiths. As if demolishing dictatorship was truly, only, attributable to the unconstitutional impeaching of President Mubarak and not the unconstitutionally forcing of his substitute, the threats of his party or the silence of its worldwide partners!

And, oh, world media, God bless you; please stretch your vision… Maybe you can make a difference and put an end to unwanted religious hate and uncontrollable slaughtering of Egyptians (of all faiths) and heritage! They have burnt thousands of Egyptian churches across the centuries, and promised to do so, again, in some cities (though with no declared intentions of killing), let alone abolishing freedom of thought and destruction of heritage and cultural and scientific Egyptian relics.

If the Secretary of State and the present President of USA are proven to be aware of the Egyptian suffering while continuing to condone this imposed party, they may want to cede governing the great and kind people of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and John F. Kennedy to a new capable administration. It they did not know about it, it is grave! Very grave! Personally, let alone the “disrespectful” rotten tomatoes and potatoes, I want to apologize to the families of the bereaved Egyptians on behalf of Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama because they have failed to court you in your grief and chosen to add insults to your injuries, rather than taking a stand! 

...I pray for you, oh casualties of cultural, religious hate and world corporate greed.

Rafik Baladi

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