Keystone Kops to Egypt’s rescue
Saudi Arabia’s surprising decision to support Egypt's military leaders in their bloody crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood has split the Arab world in two.
The unequivocal Saudi move to back Egypt’s secular military rulers who toppled the Muslim government in a coup has left the Obama administration without a clear policy in a Middle East war that threatens our long alliance with the Saudi kingdom.
From the beginning of the Egyptian crisis that is fast turning into a religious civil war, the Obama administration has been caught flat-footed and confused in its response, taking contradictory positions throughout the course of the conflict.… Seguir leyendo »