Egypt
My mother was born and brought up in Egypt, and despite the fact that she left many years ago, we retain quite an interest in what is going on in the country.
Today, I received the analogy below from someone who is still out there.
I found it very interesting, and would be fascinated to hear the counter...
A lot of my dear friends in the West still ask me what on earth really happened in Egypt. For their benefit, and anyone else on earth genuinely trying to make heads or tails of us "crazy Egyptians", here's exactly what happened in Egypt over the past 12 months, expressed in "Western" terms... There are no exaggerations or lies. All these events took place.
Try to imagine if:
On June 30th 2012, Barack Obama wins a democratic election with 50.7% of the vote, takes the oath, and is sworn in as president of the United States.
The first five months of his term go relatively smoothly: he makes almost no decisions (except for some dubious presidential pardons to a dozen convicted terrorists, including some convicted for their part in the assassination of a former U.S. President , and pardons to a number of convicted criminals of drug dealings). Then s uddenly, on November 21, 2012, President Obama issues a presidential decree giving himself sweeping powers, to the extent that his future decrees become un-contestable in any court. In effect his decisions henceforth are akin to the word of God; h is laws are a new bible.
Nationwide protests erupt as a result of this decree and 1.5 million people organize a sit-in at the White House to peacefully request he rescind it. Some of Obama's Democratic party supporters attack the peaceful sit-in outside the White House with guns & shoot 5 peaceful protesters dead.
A few weeks later demonstrators of the hard core Democratic party surround the supreme court, preventing judges from convening so as to prevent judging the President's decisions. Instead of protecting them, Obama dissolves the US Supreme Court and labels its members "traitors to America." One week later, he fires the United States Attorney General and personally appoints a Democrat to replace him without going through the constitutional procedures.
A month later he annuls the US Constitution and forms a 'constitutional committee' to draft a new constitution in four days. The committee includes no Republicans or Independents, no Muslims or Jews, and only a handful of women... and is composed primarily of Democrats & religious preachers. In a referendum not supervised by any judicial branch (as judges all over the US boycotted the process), this constitution narrowly wins, and President Obama ratifies it the very next morning (despite it having only received the approval of 18% of all Americans).
Within a month he invites top global terrorists, known Jihadists and Al Qaeda members from all over the world, to a rally in Yankee Stadium, where he cuts ties with and declares war on Canada.
Throughout this whole time, the US economy is sinking, the stock market collapsing, foreign investment has all but stopped, tourism has died, and electricity, fuel, and water shortages are a daily occurrence. Unemployment has almost doubled, and the US dollar has lost 20 percent of its value globally. Oh, and President Obama also outlines his new plans to lease the entire Silicon Valley area to China for 50 years (with full administrative control)...
Democratically-elected President Barack Obama has done all the above in his first year in office. Ultimately, on June 30th 2013...
110 million Americans take to the streets in 50 States peacefully and politely demanding - for four straight days - that democratically elected Obama leave office immediately, and that he not serve his remaining 3 years....
That's it in a nutshell.
Who would you say had "legitimacy" in this case if it had been America?
"Democratically" elected Barack Obama, or the 110 million Americans who fired him?