Mohammed Morsi tells Egypt army to 'protect the nation'

Telegraph UK ^ | Monday, August 13, 2012 | David Blair

[SunkenCiv]

At a stroke, President Mohammed Morsi struck the biggest blow against the army's political power since the "Free Officers" established the military's dominance by toppling the monarchy in 1952.

The biggest casualty of the purge was Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, who served as Mr Mubarak's defence minister for 20 years.

But the president has done his best to preserve Field Marshal Tantawi's dignity, awarding him a medal and a special payment on top of his pension. Addressing the nation, Mr Morsi said his move had not been aimed at individuals.

"The decisions I took today were not meant ever to target certain persons, nor did I intend to embarrass institutions, nor was my aim to narrow freedoms," he said. Instead, Mr Morsi said that his only goal had been the "benefit of this nation and its people".

From now on, added the president, Egypt's armed forces would concentrate "on the holy mission of protecting the nation".

..."Al-Akhbar", a Cairo daily that traditionally reflects military thinking, said the president had won the struggle for power between the Muslim Brotherhood and the army that has defined Egyptian politics since Hosni Mubarak's downfall last year.

"Morsi settles the struggle for power," said the paper's headline. Meanwhile, "Al-Masry Al-Youm", an independent daily, wrote simply: "Morsi ends the political role for the armed forces."

However, Egypt's few liberal, secular voices fear the new concentration of power in the hands of the presidency.

Mohammed ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said: "With military stripped of legislative authority and in absence of parliament, president holds imperial powers. Transitional mess continues."

[SunkenCiv]

President Mohammed Morsi [Photo: EPA]

[Kenny Bunk]

when The Resident gets his teleprompt on this, would you like to bet he praises the move as ....”a democratic step forward in placing the Armed Forces under civilian control....” or some such blather.

[Truth29]

Yes, and Obama will chalk this as another success in replacing secular strongmen with transnational Islamists like the Muslim Brotherhood. Obama is singlehandedly bringing about the creation of the Greater Caliphate.

[SunkenCiv]

from the FRchives:

• Iran can build an N-bomb by Oct. 1. Cairo coup hampers Israeli action
• Egypt military shows no sign of opposing president
• Islamist takeover complete: Morsi Fires Top Defense Brass
• Egypt leader Mursi orders army chief Tantawi to resign
• Angry Egyptian Mourners Chase Morsi from Soldiers' Funeral
• Egypt's President Morsi leaves for Saudi on 1st foreign trip
• Egypt's parliament convenes in defiance of the military
• Egyptian Military Council Warns New Islamist President
• Egypt's president reconvenes dissolved parliament
• UAE welcomes Egypt Morsi's pledge not to 'export' revolt
• The Best and Brightest on the Left Lament Obama's Lost Egypt Revolution

War for Terror, Sinai theater:

• Egypt launches airstrikes (protester: "There's nothing called Palestine, Palestinians are traitors")
• Hamas fostering terror, damaging ties with Egypt'
• Egypt demands extradition of 3 Hamas militants over support for Sinai terrorists
• Egypt hits militants in Sinai, to Israeli approval
• Egyptian Army Strikes Terrorists, Kills 20
• Egypt: Gunmen Open Fire on Checkpoint in Sinai
• Egypt: Gunmen Open Fire on Checkpoint in Sinai
• Egypt Admits: We Received Intelligence About the Attack
• Haniyeh: Israel One Way or Another Responsible for Attack
• Hamas, Egypt Brotherhood say Israelis behind Sinai attack
• Egypt vows crackdown on "infidels" after border massacre
• IAF thwarts terror attack at Egypt border
• Gunmen slaughter guards in Sinai border attack
• Terrorists Kill 20 Egyptian Soldiers, Fail to Enter Israel
• Sinai Jihadi group says responsible for Israel attack (avenging attacks on al-Qaeda.)
• Hamas Leader: Egypt Will Protect Gaza From Israeli Attack
• IDF Doubles Number of Lookouts on Egypt Border
• Egyptian Soldier Killed in Sinai Attack

Religion of Pieces:

• Riot leaves an Egyptian village without Christians
• Israelis Warned to Leave Sinai Now
• Coptic-Muslim clashes erupt in Egypt
• Egypt: Muslims kidnap and enslave thousands of Christian girls
• Christian, Muslim villagers clash in Egypt
• Egyptian actors, told they were on Israel TV, turn violent [VIDEO]
• World Bank Calls Palestinian Authority "Unsustainable"
• Egypt: Fatwa Bans Christian Priests from Public Transportation to Church
• Egyptian Actors on Candid Camera Show Turn Violent When Told Channel Is Israeli
• Egyptian Islamist sentenced to jail for indecent act
• Gaza Christians protest 'forcible conversions'
• Egyptian Copts fear persecution by Brotherhood
• Egypt's President Morsi to Elect a Christian and a Woman as Vice Presidents
• Convert from Islam to Christianity beheaded, video shown on Egyptian TV (Arab Spring!)
• Islamic Group Forbids Tomatoes 'Because They Are Christian?'
• Egypt's new president to pick woman, Christian VPs
• The New Egyptian Pres. Reportedly Said 'Jihad Is Our Path, Death In The Name Of Allah Is Our Goal'
• Leader of the Egyptian Al-Tagammu' Party: Muslim Brotherhood Will Never Relinquish the Presidency
• Hamas Interior Minister Vows to Liberate Cities in Israel, Including Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa,...
• Where's The Outrage Over CHRISTIANS Being Killed? (Hillary, State Dept. silent)
• Egypt's new president worries local (Canadian) Copts
• Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi: "Jihad Is Our Path & Death in the Name of Allah Is Our Goal"
• Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi Declared Egypt President, Sparking Fears for Religious Minorities
• Egypt's New President: Our Capital 'Shall Be Jerusalem, Allah Willing' [SCARY VIDEO]

Hitlery:

• Sinai Buildup Shifts Tenet of Egypt-Israel Peace
• Clinton Leaves Israel with 'Peace Process' in Lost Baggage
• Egypt Attaches Strings to Peace with Israel - Clinton silent as Egyptian officials
• Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes
• Egypt is focus as Clinton visits Israel after nearly two years
• Christians snub Cairo meeting with Clinton, claim US (Obama) backs Islamists
• Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes
• Clinton's Calls Fall Flat in Egypt Political Fight
• Egypt urged to end military trials of civilians
• 'Monica, Monica' chants taunt (Hillary) Clinton in Egypt

Zero et al:

• NY Times: Islamists Taking Power Produces Moderation, Ends Terrorism
• FLASHBACK: Obama in Cairo, 2009: America Will Not Support An Egyptian Gov't 'Ruthless in Suppressing
• Egypt: Barack Obama the true leader of the Muslim Brotherhood
• Flashback- W.H.: Muslim Brotherhood "Secular," Won't Seek Presidency
• Egyptian Cleric...: Mursi Will Restore "United States of the Arabs" with Jerusalem as Its Capital
• Senator John Kerry Meets With Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo

the Koran has a chapter titled, "Women":

• Egypt's First Lady Represents New Image (first cousin of Marsi is his wife?)
• Egyptian Salafists Demand Legalization Of "Sex-Slave" Marriages...
• Egyptian beats pregnant wife to death for not voting for Mursi
• Egyptian Beats Pregnant Wife to Death For Not Voting for Mursi
• Egyptian revolution 'failing to deliver for women'

[SunkenCiv]

Hosni Mubarak guilty verdict sparks courtroom scuffles [June 2, 2012]

[SunkenCiv]

• Obama: "I want to make sure we end before the call to prayer"
• Iran Deploys Troops, Ballistic Missiles To Eritrea [2008]

[mrsmith]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/08/201281313508681304.html

“...”The Brothers officially in power,” declared the independent Al-Watan daily, referring to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group which backs Morsi and through whose ranks he rose before his election triumph.

However, not all media welcomed the move, in Cairo, the independent daily Al-Shorouk expressed concern over the action, saying it meant that Morsi was accumulating “much bigger prerogatives than those of Mubarak”.
Thousands of Brotherhood supporters flooded Cairo’s Tahrir Square - cradle of the revolution that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak last year - to celebrate on Sunday.”

Obama sure got the Muslim Brotherhood a dictatorship in Egypt fast!

[SunkenCiv]

I should have done this one like this, whoops:

• Egypt's President Morsi to Elect a Christian and a Woman as Vice Presidents
• Egypt's new president to pick woman, Christian VPs
• Egypt's First Lady Represents New Image (first cousin of Marsi is his wife?)
• Egypt: Muslims kidnap and enslave thousands of Christian girls
• Egyptian Salafists Demand Legalization Of "Sex-Slave" Marriages...
• Egyptian beats pregnant wife to death for not voting for Mursi
• Egyptian Beats Pregnant Wife to Death For Not Voting for Mursi
• Egyptian revolution 'failing to deliver for women'

[SunkenCiv]

And I should have underlined or boldfaced this part:

Mohammed ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said: "With military stripped of legislative authority and in absence of parliament, president holds imperial powers. Transitional mess continues."

[SunkenCiv]

“...and the real reason I married my first cousin is...”

[SunkenCiv]

• Obama: "I want to make sure we end before the call to prayer"
• Iran Deploys Troops, Ballistic Missiles To Eritrea [2008]

[mrsmith]

Yeah the western media trumpeted that “woman, christian VP” theme.
And who got VP?
From Wiki:
“Mahmoud Mekki is the current Vice President of Egypt. He was appointed by President Mohamed Morsi on 12 August 2012...
Many media reports said that Mahmoud Mekki rejected an offer made by the Muslim Brotherhood to be their presidential candidate in the 2012 Egyptian presidential elections.”

With the President and Vice Presidency firmly in hand, the Muslim Brotherhood only needs to control the rewriting of the Constitution - which Morsi claimed the powers to do today.

[House Atreides]

This will not end well.

[SunkenCiv]

Nope, at some point someone will hit the Aswan high dam and 99% of the Egyptian population will cease to exist.

[SunkenCiv]

Partisan media shills — bring this up, they’ll remind everyone how “Obama” killed his fellow muzzie Osama.

Muzzie kills muzzie, rare as a four leaf clover, but twice as lucky.