Thursday, July 4, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 4, 2013



With Egypt's Morsi Detained, A Muslim Brotherhood In Turmoil -- Kristen Chick, Christian Science Monitor

Ousted President Mohamed Morsi is now in military detention along with other senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the movement's rank and file fear what could come next.

As Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad el Haddad walks through the square where supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi have been gathered for a week now, he pulls a small suitcase behind him.

It bounces along the asphalt, over discarded date pits and the accumulated grime of a demonstration grown weary. Inside the suitcase are clothes and personal belongings. Mr. Haddad can't go home, because he's been told his name is on a list of 300-400 Muslim Brotherhood leaders for whom the authorities have issued arrest warrants. Along with several other leaders, he stays inside the boundaries of the demonstration, whose edges are guarded against attack by hundreds of Brotherhood members armed with sticks and shields.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

What just happened in Egypt? -- Shibley Talhami, Reuters

Post-Coup: Egyptians Have High Hopes for 'Second Revolution' -- Spiegel Online

Pax Americana Hubris: America cannot afford Syria -- John Griffing, American Thinker

An Assertive Angela Merkel -- Ulrich Speck, Real Clear World

McCain, Graham, in Afghanistan, voice worry about delay in talks on U.S. troop presence -- Jay Price and Rezwan Natiq, McClatchy Newspapers

China and America’s Related, but Inverse, Dilemmas -- Ian Bremmer, New York Times/Reuters

The U.S. should end the Cuban embargo -- Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post

On the rocks: The Portuguese government seems close to collapse -- The Economist

Brazil's State-Made Crisis -- Fabio Rafael Fiallo, Real Clear World

Obama tunes out the world -- Jim Geraghty, New York Times

America's New Cold War: Why the Allies Side With Snowden -- Robert Scheer, uExpress

The foolish wager of Edward Snowden -- Donald Lambro, The Washington Times

Christian Monks Square Off at One of Jerusalem’s Holiest Sites -- Nina Strochlic, Daily Beast

Home on the Fourth of July: Two Marines, Two Purple Hearts -- John Kael Weston, Daily Beast

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