[lbo-talk] Why Egypt’s Liberal Intellectuals Still Support the Army

Bill Bartlett william7 at aapt.net.au
Sun Jan 12 14:23:49 PST 2014


On 13/01/2014, at 8:20 AM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:


> But there is one intelligent argument against calling the ouster of Morsi a
> coup: that since the military, and the extensive state and commercial
> apparatus it controls, had never, since 1952, ceded power, they couldn't
> very well be said to seize it. (That was formulated by someone more clever
> than me, although I can't find the link right now.)

Good point.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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