John Kerry, The Tenacious Diplomat

[karynnj]

11. The Obama administration really has a tough position to defend or articulate

- and they do not seem alone. One explanation I heard before Kerry spoke was that a coup is where the military takes power and here they are just allowing it to be transferred to others. To me, this is standing on your head to find a reason to argue that it is not a coup. The real problem seems to be that if they call it what it clearly is - they can't give money and lose all leverage (though we have little.)

One problem I see is that the up side of democracy was always if you really had the best plans etc, you could eventually convince enough people and you could gain power. Bad as they are, doesn't this make the MB a permanent enemy of the state - because they are essentially being told that EVEN if they do win, they can be unceremoniously out of power. How can they ever be transitioned into a loyal opposition or the party in power. If they can be neither, where does that leave them -- and us.