Paul Mugerwa
You know for many months my name sake Edward Pojim has gone after me for
stating that this administration does not have a foreign policy. Now sit and
learn. United States is a very powerful country that builds a foreign policy
that we all use as a basis of continuance. It does not matter if it is Canada
Sweden Denmark Germany or you name it, but if you are in a western country you
follow the American foreign policy and we simply do not own it today. Egypt has
turned all of us in Western society into stupid idiots.
We need a president in United States.
EM
On the 49th
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Subject: Re: [UAH] U S MUST SUSPEND AID AFTER EGYPT'S COUP
What is the official language of the US govenment while describing what took
place in Egypt? If there was no mention of the word coup, then aid will
continue to flow. The choice of words is the key here.
Paul Mugerwa
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Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 6:39 PM
Subject: [UAH] U S MUST SUSPEND AID AFTER EGYPT'S COUP
U.S. must suspend aid after Egypt’s coup
By Editorial Board, Thursday, July 4, 1:39 PM
THERE IS no ambiguity about what happened in Egypt on Wednesday: a military
coup against a democratically elected government and the wrong response to the
country’s problems. The armed forces forcibly removed and arrested President
Mohamad Morsi, who won 51 percent of the vote in a free and fair election
little more than a year ago. A constitution ratified by a two-thirds majority
in another popular vote last December was suspended; dozens of leaders of the
Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested and a number of media outlets shut down.
A little-known judge appointed as president and granted the power to rule by
decree will be entirely dependent on the armed forces for his authority.
Having not spoken up against the excesses of Mr. Morsi’s government, the Obama
administration has, with equal fecklessness, failed to forthrightly oppose the
military intervention. But there should be no question that under a law passed
by Congress, U.S. aid to Egypt — including the $1.3 billion annual grant to the
military — must be suspended.
THERE IS no ambiguity about what happened in Egypt on Wednesday: a military
coup against a democratically elected government and the wrong response to the
country’s problems. The armed forces forcibly removed and arrested President
Mohamad Morsi, who won 51 percent of the vote in a free and fair election
little more than a year ago. A constitution ratified by a two-thirds majority
in another popular vote last December was suspended; dozens of leaders of the
Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested and a number of media outlets shut down.
A little-known judge appointed as president and granted the power to rule by
decree will be entirely dependent on the armed forces for his authority.
Having not spoken up against the excesses of Mr. Morsi’s government, the Obama
administration has, with equal fecklessness, failed to forthrightly oppose the
military intervention. But there should be no question that under a law passed
by Congress, U.S. aid to Egypt — including the $1.3 billion annual grant to the
military — must be suspended.
Some in the administration and Congress will try to avoid this step, because of
the armed forces’ history as a U.S. ally and guarantor of peace with Israel.
But the suspension of aid is the necessary first step in a U.S. policy that
advances the aim Mr. Obama laid out in a Wednesday night statement: “to ensure
the lasting restoration of Egypt’s democracy.”
Following the removal from office of Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, military
leaders promised — as they did again Wednesday — to ensure democratic rights
and quickly move toward elections. They did neither. Liberal democratic leaders
who had opposed Mr. Mubarak’s autocracy were singled out for repression;
critical journalists and activists were prosecuted and jailed in military-run
trials; and while elections were repeatedly postponed, a campaign was launched
against civil society groups dedicated to promoting free elections and human
rights, culminating in the arrest and prosecution of the staff of several U.S.
nongovernmental organizations. The generals, meanwhile, insisted on
constitutional provisions exempting the armed forces and its budget from
civilian authority.
The Obama administration should now make clear to the new military-backed
regime that aid will be restored only if a genuinely democratic transition is
pursued in the coming months. That means tolerance for all peaceful political
forces, including the Muslim Brotherhood — whose leaders, including Mr. Morsi,
should be immediately released. It means acceptance of free assembly and free
media, including the Islamist broadcasters that have been shut down. Any
changes to the constitution should be the result of a consensus among all
political forces, without diktats by the military. And there must be a firm —
and short — timetable for new parliamentary and presidential elections.
Had the armed forces not intervened, democracy probably would have led to the
defeat within months of the Muslim Brotherhood in legislative elections. If it
does not provoke the eruption of violent conflict, this coup may well ensure
that Islamist forces, including more radical groups, grow stronger. The United
States must focus on preventing the worst outcomes in a vital Arab ally,
including civil war or a new dictatorship. That means dropping its passivity
and using the leverage of aid to insist on a democratic transition.
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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