This is a politics board, so take this as a political post.
The day after our Embassy is attacked in Libya, thousands of Libya are out protesting Islamists and waving American flags.
A day later, President Morsi tells, essentially his constituents, to go home and leave the Americans alone. What a balancing act that is - to balance his hard line constituency with the economic necessity of working with the West on debt relief and foreign aid.
While some of those protesting are Islamists like we see in Pakistan and Indonesia...look at the people who were protesting - young, unemployed men wearing Western clothes. How much of this comes from lack of education, jobs and a semblance of opportunity.
Another question I would like answered is the participation rate in these protests. Egypt was ugly. But not protesting Mubarak ugly.
Just fascinating. Nothing is ever black and white.
The day after our Embassy is attacked in Libya, thousands of Libya are out protesting Islamists and waving American flags.
A day later, President Morsi tells, essentially his constituents, to go home and leave the Americans alone. What a balancing act that is - to balance his hard line constituency with the economic necessity of working with the West on debt relief and foreign aid.
While some of those protesting are Islamists like we see in Pakistan and Indonesia...look at the people who were protesting - young, unemployed men wearing Western clothes. How much of this comes from lack of education, jobs and a semblance of opportunity.
Another question I would like answered is the participation rate in these protests. Egypt was ugly. But not protesting Mubarak ugly.
Just fascinating. Nothing is ever black and white.