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In reply to the discussion: Miltary Coups always turn out so well: At least 150 killed as troops clear pro-Morsi camps [View all]eissa
(4,238 posts)You share absolutely no sympathy with the victims of the MB -- who literally number in the hundreds, definitely more if you count their persistent attacks on the country's indigenous Coptic community over the decades. The fact that their first instinct was to take their anger out on minorities (as usual) tells you all you need to know about these fundies. Sorry the kids were killed, perhaps if their parents gave a fuck about them they wouldn't be so eager to sacrifice them and make them "shahdeh" (martyrs) for their cause.
The MB took power on a fluke. Having been around for decades, they were far more organized than the dozens of secular groups that sprouted up post-revolution, splitting the votes among them, and leaving the people only two alternatives: the dreaded MB, or the even more dreaded Ahmad Shafik, a leftover of the Mubarak era. Not wanting their revolution to be in vain by bringing back Murbarak's people, the majority ended up voting for the lesser of two evils. It quickly became clear with the power grabs, sectarian attacks and social regression that a HUGE mistake was made. It's now being corrected.