Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for 'day of rage'

[branford]

40. I therefore assume that you supported Bush '41 and '43, and most certainly, Ronald Reagan!

Do I even need to mention that Adolph Hitler was democratically elected?

Or, closer to the actual situation in Egypt, that Hamas (and offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood) was elected in the Palestinian territories, but we have yet to see another election (in Gaza OR the West Bank), and no one even pretends that the people in Gaza live under a fair and democratic government.

I support human rights, democratic institutions and repeated free and fair elections. If the MB was democratically elected, but then actively sought to permanently entrench their theocratic, intolerant and undemocratic leadership, I would most certainly support their ouster. I only question why, if you care about the Egyptian people, you would not do the same?

I am also astonished that many on DU support the premise that a single democratic election is sufficient to warrant American support. For heaven's sake, this was the prime motivating ideology of Bush '43. Oh, how soon we forget!