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The US Working Group is right on Egypt

A member of the US Working Group on Egypt responds to Wael Nawara's criticism of the Working Group's recommendations on US policy toward Egypt.
Anti-Mursi supporters of Egypt's army and police, demonstrate with a mock gallows with a person that look like ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, outside a police academy where the trial of Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood is due to take place, on the outskirts of Cairo February 4, 2014. Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood are charged for inciting the killings of opposition activists during his presidency.   REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh  (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX187J

One of the most perplexing aspects of the months of instability in Egypt that have followed the removal of President Mohammed Morsi from office on July 3, 2013, is the number of prominent Egyptian liberals who have shown themselves to have a somewhat selective commitment to liberal principles, such as a belief in the legitimacy of elected leaders, and universal respect for basic freedoms and the rule of law. 

piece on Al-Monitor's Egypt Pulse published on Feb. 4 suggests that Wael Nawara may fall into this category. Nawara accuses the members of the Working Group on Egypt, of which I am a member, of providing the “wrong advice” to US President Barack Obama in its Jan. 28 letter.

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