Egypt - The Muslim Brotherhood is doing its best to destabilize the country and force the military to overreact with violence and repression

Why not send our generals to Cairo?

By Steven Bucci

America’s top warriors could best reason with Egypt’s rulers

Is the removal of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi a good thing? The jury is still out. Unfortunately, the actions of the Egyptian military in trying to quell the continued disturbances and protests by Mr. Morsi’s followers are further muddying the waters.

Will the West lose Egypt as a point of stability? If the patience and understanding of the United States does not hold, the loss may be a significant one. The best solution is to use our military as the messengers of restraint and reason.

When the Egyptian military responded to the popular uprising against Hosni Mubarak and threw him out of office, they were hailed for siding with the people. When they did the same thing in response to even bigger protests against the Muslim Brotherhood president and removed Mr. Morsi, many in the United States balked.

Some say that the difference was that Mr. Mubarak was a dictator, and Mr. Morsi was democratically elected. True, he was elected, but his election was the last democratic action Mr. Morsi took. He was systematically dismantling the structures that might have allowed Egypt to continue down the road from that election to become a real democracy.

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