Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Egypt Anew

Reuters reports the Egyptian Army has deposed President Morsi, who represented the Muslim Brotherhood. The article runs on Yahoo News.

Morsi is to be replaced with an interim government responsive to a broad spectrum of Egyptian interests and, one presumes, more focused on improving the Egyptian economy.

The most interesting paragraph in the article is this apparent aside concerning Tunisia:
The country that gave birth to the demands for democracy two and a half years ago now has its own "Tamarud" movement, seeking to end the rule of Tunisia's Islamists in parliament.
If what is happening in Egypt spreads throughout the Arab world, the result will be anybody's guess.