The Arab Spring continues to disappoint, week after week, month after month. Not that I would be unhappy to see Morsi go – at the hands of his own people – but it is sad that the premier Arab nation holds its first real election in its thousands of years of existence and it all crumbles to pieces one year later.
Here is what AP is reporting:
"Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's national security adviser said a military coup was under way on Wednesday after an army deadline for the Islamist leader to yield to street protests passed without any agreement."In a show of force, several hundred soldiers with armored vehicles staged a parade on a main road near the presidential palace, and security sources said Morsi and the entire senior leadership of his Muslim Brotherhood were banned from leaving the country.
"'For the sake of Egypt and for historical accuracy, let's call what is happening by its real name: military coup,' national security adviser Essam El-Haddad said in a statement, warning of 'considerable bloodshed.'
"The United States is 'very concerned' about the situation in Egypt, the U.S. State Department said of the sweeping protests surrounding a stand-off between Egypt's armed forces and Morsi.
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