There seems an almost tautological obviousness to it, yet still many appear surprised - but cultures that feel compelled to infringe on personal liberties when it comes to speech and thought and actions inevitably result in governance that is oppressive, one perforce leads to the other - why can’t we just say that in regards to Egypt, why must Obama dance around reality here? Well, of course because he’s Obama and liberals of his ilk ignore reality as a matter of ideological necessity - but fact is the modern world was created by the West and now everybody’s trying or feels the need to catch up but without the advantages of our history, our culture, our traditions - not to mention our religion which was uniquely well suited to adapt to the history that was unfolding around it - would it be so bad to just say that? Now of course one understands that there are elements of Western Civilization that clash with the naive idealism of modern liberalism and therefore the progressive elite often act as if the West was merely a happy accident that succeeded in spite of all its egregious flaws - but regardless of liberal idiocy the US it seems to me doesn’t have to be about supporting the coup or supporting the deposed Islamists or any variation thereof, there should be rhetorical room here for us to legitimately point out that both are a consequence of a culture that is oppressive in a world where such oppressions do not easily fit and that you’re inevitably going to pay a price for trying to make them fit.
[and a note to those saying America should withhold monies from Egypt in order to force the coup leaders to act ‘responsibly’ even though there’s no agreement on what acting responsibly would or should look like - this indeed may be something that is doable and a reasonable way to go, I'm not sure, count me highly sceptical - but let’s keep in mind that if we draw away from Egypt, China and Russia are more than ready to step in and replace us, especially when it comes to military support - I mean, the Su-35S is a nicer plane than the F-16 - so withholding money would have long term consequences that could prove quite destabilizing and therefore let's stop talking about that option as if were a simple matter - and I assume Israel would be strongly opposed to us coming out hard against the coup]
