The U.S. Has Just Deserted Former Egyptian President Morsi

U.S. Blasts Morsi, Not Military -- Wall Street Journal

State Department Declines to Identify Cairo Events as Early Stage of Coup.

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration sharply criticized Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday and pressed the Islamist leader to be "more responsive to the Egyptian people" and their demands for political change.

U.S. officials, at the same time, declined to criticize the Egyptian military and what appear to be its mounting steps to curb Mr. Morsi's power, which could potentially force him from office.

The State Department declined to describe the events in Cairo as the early stages of a military coup. Such a designation could trigger significant curbs to U.S. aid to Egypt.

"It's important for President Morsi to listen to the Egyptian people," State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said. "We believe all sides need to take steps to talk to each other."

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More News On U.S. Reaction To The Unfolding Events In Egypt

Egypt's Military Suspends Constitution, as U.S. Shifts Away from Morsy -- The Cable/Foreign Policy
US urges Morsi to be 'more responsive' as Egypt crisis deepens -- The Guardian
U.S. says 'very concerned' about unrest in Egypt: State Department -- Reuters
US 'very concerned' about situation on ground in Egypt -- AFP
US official says Egypt military pledges no long term takeover -- Washington Post/AP
Obama team monitors Egypt crisis as Morsi is ousted -- USA Today
U.S. says it is 'very concerned' about unrest in Egypt -- Reuters
US State Department response to Egypt uprisings, then and now -- Christian Science Monitor

My Comment: With hindsight .... it is now clear that U.S. policy in Egypt and it's support of President Morsi's government has been a total failure. While US Secretary of State spent the past two weeks trying to find some common ground between Israel and the Palestinians, he and the State Department completely missed out on this crisis. U.S. intelligence .... from what I have read so far .... also missed out on this crisis (I guess they are focused on NSA leaker Edward Snowden). And the White House .... they did not only get blindsided by this crisis .... but they were (literally speaking) on safari in Africa. And while the Egyptian military does have close ties with certain Pentagon officials .... it will not be a surprise to me if they put some distance between themselves and the White House.

As a result of this debacle .... which is still fluid .... I predict that there will be consequences in US foreign policy in the region .... and more to the point .... a reassessment on what went wrong. Heads are going to roll .... starting with this person.