Call it a coup d'etat. Call it a legal maneuver mixed with a political power grab. But however you see it, the recent dissolution of Egypt's parliament is an event with an outwardly growing blast radius. At the center of the blast, the question remains as to whether Egypt has become a Pakistan-like state where the civilian government is the handmaiden of the military. All the while, the United States remains conspicuously silent – notwithstanding the military's glaringly anti-democratic moves.
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