The Egyptian military coup engineered by General Al-Sisi on July 3, 2013 presented a dilemma to the United States government on whether it should continue supporting the regime or cut ties with Egypt. The country has been a long-term ally of the US and one of the biggest recipients of US military and economic aid. However, after the coup by General Al-Sisi, the military regime has often violated fundamental human rights and freedoms especially for the citizens considered sympathetic for the previous regime of President Mohammed Morsi. Despite the widespread human rights violation, the US government as well as the Congress has continued to support the military regime through extending aid to the country. The rationale behind continued support to the Egyptian government is to promote US interests as outlined in its foreign policy agenda. This discussion explores the issues surrounding the military coup by General Al-Sisi and highlights why the US government have continued to support the Egyptian military despite allegations of widespread human rights violations.
The Egyptian military coup took place on July 3, 2013. Before this time, Egypt was under the leadership of Mohammed Morsi from the Freedom and Justice Party. Mr.Morsi was the first freely democrat elected president in the history of Egypt. Immediately after engineering the coup, the military leaders suspended the constitution and endorsed Adly Mansour as the temporary acting president. Even though observers clearly pointed out that the action by the military constituted a coup, the US government was reluctant to term it a coup. According to Reuters (par. 6), a US congressional delegation paid a visit to Egypt in January 2014, where they concluded that the country was on th...
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...ttah al-Sisi has elicited mixed reactions from different stakeholders including the US government. Even though the US law prohibits the government from continuing to support countries that have experienced military coups, this has not been the case with Egypt. The US has continued to extend military and economic aid to Egypt, acknowledging that the cutting such support would undermine the strategic interests of the United States. Some reasons for the US continued support for the military leaders in Egypt include increased peace and stability in the Middle East as well as other strategic interests derived from issues such as transit rights in the Suez Canal. However, the soon future will prove the ineffectiveness of standing against the free will of the Egyptian people. The election of a new democrat state should be respected regardless of other nation’s interests.
...n, instead of the coup. Instead of rushing into the coup like the Unite States did, it should have sat down, and laid out all of the possible options, and then chose the best course of action.
While U.S. government hostility to the Allende regime is not doubted, the U.S. role in the coup itself remains a controversial matter. Documents show that the CIA had wanted the overthrow of Allende in 1970, immediately after he took office. The CIA was notified by contacts of the impending Chilean coup lead by General Augusto Pinochet two days in advance. Immediately after the Allende government came into office, the U.S. sought to place economic pressure on Chile. U.S. National Security Council documents stated that pressure should be placed on the Allende government to prevent its success and limit its ability to create policies against the U.
El-Sisi became president in 2014 in hopes that he will “restore order” in Egypt after facing the Muslim Brotherhood (The Week Staff).
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