Egypt: Demonstrators Denounce US-Muslim Brotherhood Alliance

Originally published at Rubin Reports.

Check out these anti-Obama posters in Cairo to understand what's wrong with U.S. policy. The opposition--the people on whose side the United States should be--are livid about their view that the United States is backing the Muslim Brotherhood. Note also how the mass media gave much attention to a few anti-Obama demonstrators in South Africa, who criticized him from the far left, but not hundreds of thousands of moderates from the center. A lot of hostility is focused on the U.S. ambassador, which is typical of Egypt where British ministers were historically--and often accurately--seen as imperial proconsuls.

Morsi said in a speech to supporters:

"We have to prove to the world that we are capable of democracy... peacefully we protect the legitimacy... legitimacy is our only guard from future faults.... I do not accept anyone saying anything or taking steps against legitimacy; this is completely rejected."

Meanwhile millions of opponents chant: Leave!