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backscatter712

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3. Fair point, but I suspect that popular support for this coup may be lagging.

Reply to cali (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 14, 2013, 02:46 PM

Aug 2013

Granted, Morsi was a fundie douchebag who was carrying out his own coup, but now that the new revolution has turned to slaughtering people in the streets, I wonder how many people are going to continue to cheer for this.

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ElBaradei quits as Egypt vice president in protest at crackdown [View all] cali Aug 2013 OP

And with this, the coup loses its legitimacy. backscatter712 Aug 2013 #1

well, except for a sizable chunk of the Egyptian population cali Aug 2013 #2

Fair point, but I suspect that popular support for this coup may be lagging. backscatter712 Aug 2013 #3

Maybe. Dan Murphy cali Aug 2013 #4

Did you poll egyptians after el Baradei quit? David Krout Aug 2013 #6

No. I've done a lot of background reading. cali Aug 2013 #7

Of the Christian Science Monitor? oberliner Aug 2013 #8

Where are the cool kids of Tamarod now? Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #5