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December 04, 2012
Thousands Protest Obama's Bestest Pal In Cairo
No one could have foreseen this, apart from everyone.
Thousands of Egyptians massed in Cairo Tuesday for a march to the presidential palace to protest the assumption by the nation's Islamist president of nearly unrestricted powers and a draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his allies.
The march comes amid rising anger over the draft charter and decrees issued by Mohammed Morsi giving himself sweeping powers. Morsi called for a nationwide referendum on the draft constitution on Dec. 15.
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A large turnout would signal sustained momentum for the opposition, which brought out at least 200,000 protesters to Cairo's Tahrir Square a week ago and a comparable number on Friday, demanding that Morsi's decrees be rescinded.
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The Islamists responded by sending hundreds of thousands of supporters into Cairo's twin city of Giza on Saturday and across much of the country.
Who Lost Egypt?
When Bush was president, the left and the media (but I repeat myself) were very interested in a strict accounting of bets won and bets lost. Well, they weren't very interested in bets won. But they were extremely interested in the bets lost part.
Since Obama, no one's keeping score anymore, huh? Now everything is just assumed to be Beyond Any Man's Ability To Predict Or Influence.