U.S. Reaction To The Unrest In Egypt

White House Backing Away From Morsi In Record Time -- Christian Science Monitor

It's hard to see a way for Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to salvage his position from the current situation. Obama's folks seem to agree.

The withdrawal of support for Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi by President Obama is the latest bit of bad news for Egypt's leader and the Muslim Brotherhood movement that catapulted him to power as the country's first freely elected head of state.

The US hasn't publicly abandoned Mr. Morsi, whom the State Department has repeatedly hailed as a democratically elected leader. But via anonymous spokesmen it's done everything but, and the distancing has come in record time – just three days since mass protests broke out.

When protests against President Hosni Mubarak broke out in January 2011, the US struggled mightily to hold back the tide. On day two, Vice President Joe Biden famously insisted that Mubarak was no dictator (all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding) and that he should remain in office. It was only on day five that Obama's people began muttering about the need for "reform" and an unspecified "orderly transition" of some sort. Only on day 17, when Mubarak's fate was written, did the administration publicly say that Mubarak must go.

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U.S. denies taking sides in Egyptian politics amid Morsi protests -- Washington Times
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Obama Faces Dilemma Pitting Egypt President Against Army -- Bloomberg
Pentagon mum in Egypt stand-off after having supported military -- FOX News
In Egypt, America’s Influence Appears Limited -- Gerald F. Seib, Wall Street Journal
Egypt: Little U.S. influence, few good choices -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
How Did the U.S. Lose the Egyptian People? -- Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg