I think you need to live in the Middle East for a few years before lecturing us on how the rule of law has been violated because the people of a nation recognized an Islamist authoritarian government/president was about to cast them into the dark ages if they didn't do something about it.
1. Actually I spent about a little over a year in the M.E.
2. "A Nation" didn't recognize and do anything. A mob and military commanders did something. The
nation held an election. A
mob torched a building and launched a protest and a
military decided to take advantage of the fact that it has the ability to engage in much deadlier violence than anyone else to seize political power.
You don't get to toss out elections just because you don't like the results and still claim to be supporting legitimate representative government. In representative governments, "legitimacy" is conferred by elections,
not by mobs and
not by the military.
I'm confused by your position. Are you really an advocate for authoritarian governments?
Nope. I am an advocate for Constitutional Republics with limited governments who follow the rule of law and are staffed based on popular representation.
You have said that Obama is authoritarian. I tend to agree - that is his tendency. That fact plus the Tea Party protests would not have legitimized the Marine Corps launching a coup and declaring themselves the selector of American political leadership.
What happened in Egypt isn't reminiscent of the American revolution, but the French one. Not freedom, but the tyranny and violence of the mob.
But here's a fun couple of questions for you to ponder:
1. Who is really in charge of Egypt right now?
A: The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
B: El Baradi, who apparently is the spokesman of the Tamarod movement, but who appears to be exercising zero power.
C: The pupped that the SCAF just finished installing as interem president, and whom it can remove at will.
If you chose B or C:
2. Would you like to purchase a view of The Bridge? If you will simply message me with your credit card account and personal identification information, for the low, low, price of only $1,000 I can get you some beautiful waterfront property in San Fransisco.
If, however, you chose (A)...
2. Which do Military's tend to be?
A: Authoritarian.
B: Freedom loving hippies who wouldn't want to impose on anyone.