Egypt

It was a surprise.
Official Washington was surprised by the size of the demonstrations against Morsi and the Brotherhood.
It's time for a John Kerry droning speech. Perhaps a President Obama talk with low key insights. Maybe John McCain should say something intelligent for a change.

There were even larger demonstrators in Tahrir Square and elsewhere across the nation. For Western diplomats in Cairo and in Western capitals, especially Washington, it was a surprise to see millions of demonstrators demanding a premature end to the four-year term of Morsi, the Muslim Brother who made it "from prison to palace."

A surprise...
It was a surprise when we woke up in May-June 2003 and discovered the Baghdad Museum was being looted:  There were no Iraqi Police! The  Coalition Provisional Council under Paul Bremer had sacked them all!

Then Iraq devolved into chaos...
Surprise.

Then the Taliban returned after we neglected Afghanistan for 5 or 6 years...
Surprise.

The people of Egypt know we backed Mubarak for years, then we caved to the Islamist Brotherhood. They know our colors now. We shall not surprise them anymore.

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photo: Ahram Online