why do you believe this was not a coup? well, let s look at the facts. you had very large numbers of people demonstrating against morsi. you had close to 15, maybe more than 15 million people in the streets and squares. and then, the president at the time, he had the choice. he could have said i hear you. and i m going to talk with you. and i m going to do what you want. but instead, what he did, he started mobilizing his own people. and together wind advisot with muslim brotherhood leadership, what happened is they were actually inciting their people, their supporters, to violence. so egypt, as a country, was facing a very serious situation. will morsi remain under arrest? will his supporters in the muslim brotherhood remain under arrest? will their news media, the
the square had been attacked. someone is doing circles with a motorcycle in the square, if you hear that buzzing. i ll keep talking and hopefully you can understand me. this time it was peaceful. it was quick. you didn t have the body count. so there is just a sense of happiness. it s not tinged with the memories of the martyrs in tahrir square at two and a half years ago. there were a lot of posters of people who died for this revolution. there was a violent incident overnight. the real question is will this be as good as it gets? will violence follow this? how will morsi supporter reez act? how will the people who didn t win out tonight and who now feel disenfranchised? will they become an insurgency. i worry about what happened in algeria in 1992. there was an election.
eric: new concerns over the effect of muhammad morsi s latest decree on the nation. hundreds of protesters have been clashing with egyptian police for a third straight day. and more massive demonstrations, both for and against morsi are planned for the coming week. will morsi s power grab plunge egypt into a new round of uncertainty and shake up the fragile middle-east? or could he back down? aaron david miller is the adviser to the woodrow wilson center. thank you for joining us. pleasure to be here. eric: are you surprised at morsi, what he did? and how it is now unfolding in egypt? the good news is you have a civilian, in theically elected
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