Islamic Spring…
Protesters rioted in Egypt today after Islamist President Mohamed Morsi granted himself unlimited powers on Friday.
Opposition protesters torched Muslim Brotherhood offices in several cities.
France24 reported:
As enraged demonstrators torched Muslim Brotherhood offices in several Egyptian cities, a defiant Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi defended his recent decree granting himself sweeping powers before a crowd of supporters outside the presidential palace in Cairo Friday.
“Political stability, social stability and economic stability are what I want and that is what I am working for,” said Morsi. “I have always been, and still am, and will always be, God willing, with the pulse of the people, what the people want, with clear legitimacy” he said from a podium before thousands of supporters.
Morsi’s speech came a day after he issued a presidential decree stating that any challenges to his decrees, laws and decisions were banned.
Reacting to the decree, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, responding to calls by Egyptian opposition leaders for a “million-man march” to protest against what they called a “coup” by the Islamist president.
It looks like Team Obama helped oust a Pro-American quasi-dictator with a pro-Iranian Islamist dictator.
Nice work, Barack.