The administration of President Barack Obama has seen the
deterioration of U.S. influence in Egypt under the new military-backed
regime.
Officials acknowledged that the head of the military coup that ousted President Mohammed Morsi has been resistant to U.S. pleas and even threats to end the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.
The officials said Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi, who ordered the overthrow of Egypt’s first Islamist president, has told the administration that he would not tolerate U.S. interference in his country.
“There is a complete gap in perception,” an official said. “The administration sees what happened in Egypt as the destruction of a budding democracy, while the [Egyptian] military believes that it saved the country from turning into another Libya or Syria.”
http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/07/31/obama-administration-losing-credibility-in-cairo/
Officials acknowledged that the head of the military coup that ousted President Mohammed Morsi has been resistant to U.S. pleas and even threats to end the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.
The officials said Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi, who ordered the overthrow of Egypt’s first Islamist president, has told the administration that he would not tolerate U.S. interference in his country.
“There is a complete gap in perception,” an official said. “The administration sees what happened in Egypt as the destruction of a budding democracy, while the [Egyptian] military believes that it saved the country from turning into another Libya or Syria.”
http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/07/31/obama-administration-losing-credibility-in-cairo/
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