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August 19, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/world/middleeast/pressure-by-us-failed-to-sway-egypts-leaders.html?_r=0

U.S. Pressure Failed to Sway Egypt's Leaders

(New York Times) David D. Kirkpatrick, Peter Baker and Michael R. Gordon - From one side, the Israelis, Saudis and other Arab allies have lobbied President Obama to go easy on Egypt's generals in the interest of thwarting what they see as the larger and more insidious Islamist threat. From the other, an unusual mix of conservatives and liberals has urged him to stand more forcefully against the sort of autocracy that has been a staple of Egyptian life for decades. For now the administration has decided to keep the close relationship with the Egyptian military fundamentally unchanged.

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