thank you, eliot spitzer. thank you, sir. up next, does the u.s. want to be on the side of democracy or on the side that s winning in egypt? this is hardball, the place for politics. [ male announcer ] some question physics. some question gravity. and some. even have the audacity to question improbability. with best-in-class towing and best-in-class torque these are some of the bold, new ram commercial trucks built to blow your imagination. guts. glory. ram. (announcer) at scottrade, our buicexactly how they want.tion. with scottrade s online banking, i get one view of my bank and brokerage accounts with one login. to easily move my money when i need to. plus, when i call my local scottrade office, i can talk to someone who knows how i trade. because i don t trade like everybody. i trade like me.
sustainable, and that the egyptians control. yesterday john mccain did something so far that few in washington seem willing to do, and that s call what happened in egypt a coup. it was a coup. and it was the second time in two and a half years that we have seen the military step in. it s a strong indicator of the lack of american leadership and influence since we urged the military not to do that. and reluctantly, i believe that we have to suspend aid until such time as there is a new constitution and a free and fair election. howard fineman, are we on the side of democracy or not? well, that s a good question. i think we are in theory. and perhaps this the long run, we are in fact in egypt, if the democratic the people who support democracy, truly support democracy in egypt can get
and supposedly, trayvon martin saw it and reached for it. which seems almost a physical impossibility to me. but they really haven t you know, you ve noted that, and i think it s a great observation. they really haven t made note of that in the trial, at least thus far. i hope the operative word is yet. three great analyses, thank you so much for being here. lisa bloom, alex ferrer and myrna white. coming up, what happened in the final moments of that asiana flight that happened in san francisco s airport. it s rare to hear experts talking about this so early, but the words on everyone s lips seem to be pilot error. also, you can just imagine what eliot spitzer was thinking, hey, if anthony weiner can be a front-runner by running for mayor of new york city, why can t i run for something? so he is, for city comptroller, and joins us tonight here on hardball . plus, dozens were killed in clashes in egypt today. our issue tonight, is the u.s. more interested in preservi
liberty in any sense either. indeed, the more the arrests and the crackdowns continue, it looks like the old mubarak military complex crowned once more over the ashes of democracy. this has been egypt in the arab world s tragedy. these lands are caught between repressive dictatorships on the one hand and inliberal democracies on the other. and from this vicious cycle, there does not seem much space for genuine liberty to break out. so, what should the united states do to help the cause of freedom and stability in egypt? well, a suspension of u.s. aid right now would plunge an already bankrupt country into deeper chaos, but washington should announce that it will continue its aid for a limited period, say two months, while it determines whether the new government is, in fact, moving to restore genuine democracy in egypt. specifically, it should ask for three things the end to arbitrary arrests of the muslim brotherhood or any groups or people for political opposition.
there are radical clerics on many of the television channels preaching the most outrageous kinds of things that sound like they should have been talked about seven or eight centuries ago. people did not like the way society was moving under president morsi. that, i believe, has as much to do with this as economics. and richard, let s talk a little more about your point there on political islam. this was for many outside observers a concern. democracy in egypt and many of these countries was scary at a geopolitical level because people thought that bad people or people against the interests would gain power and be popular. what we re viewing right now according to your reporting is a celebration of the ousting of islamist leadership and the muslim brotherhood, which was always the best-organized political faction in the mubarak era. we know that they both were always pitted against the military for that islamist political islam type of