In early 2011, long-time Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was overthrown during the "Arab Spring" uprising. Back then, Sarah "Puddin' Head" Palin declared herself worried that Barack Obama would turn over Egypt -- as if it were his to give -- to those freedom-hating terrorists, the political party known as the Muslim Brotherhood. 'Cause, ya know, Muslim!
Instead, Egypt conducted its first-ever democratic presidential election, and a Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won. Well, a couple years went by and a lot of Egyptians had grown unhappy with their President Morsi. They couldn't just let him complete his term and then vote his ass out. They wanted him to resign from office immediately. They demonstrated nonstop and protested angrily.
Morsi refused to step down, so last month the Egyptian army staged a coup, toppled Morsi's government and threw Morsi in jail. His many supporters have been protesting ever since. Yesterday, the Egyptian military cracked down hard. They fired on "camps" of Morsi supporters. Over 500 were killed.
I don't know much about this Morsi guy, but I do know this: Egyptian democracy lasted less than two years. The only freely elected president is imprisoned. Some of his supporters have been murdered. The Muslim Brotherhood Party is out, and the country is once again firmly in the control of a military dictatorship.
Are you happy now, Sarah?
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