WHY UNITED STATES MUST SAVE MORSI?

The president of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, was democratically elected by the people of Egypt and it is only fair that he should leave office the same way he came in. Morsi was elected to serve a four year term, yet in one year all problems of Egypt have been heaped on his door steps to solve; in one year! The threat by the Egyptian army to overthrow his government if he failed to succumb to the dictates of the mob or resign must be resisted by United States which claims to be promoting democracy around the world. If Morsi is not saved, no democracy in Africa is safe; in a continent where military dictatorship had been rife. Lest we forget, it was in Egypt that the first military coup took place in the continent in 1952 and was soon copied by trigger happy soldiers in Togo, Ghana and elsewhere including Nigeria. If Egypt’s new found democracy is imperil then democracy in Africa, including Nigeria cannot claim to be safe. That is why the silence of African Union(AU) is not golden as the mob in Tahir Square, Cairo try to force out a democratically elected president under whatever guise.It is ironic that the world will stand by and watch the Egyptian army that should be holding its head in shame like their former counterparts in Africa, trying to claim the status of “guardians of Egyptian democracy and revolution” the same way that Turkish army had been doing over the years until the present president of Turkey put them in their place. I detest military rule whether in my country Nigeria or in Africa or anywhere for that matter. The idea that any military in Africa can be a substitute to democracy is quite repugnant. America and President Barack Obama should know it; the world is watch. In fact African soldiers who had been spoiled by previous attempts to govern the populace are watching. If Egyptian army succeed in kicking out Morsi under their so-called road map for Egypt, then the world should not be surprised when other African soldiers start kicking out “corrupt politicians” throughout Africa. Let’s be clear about this, some of the policies of Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood may have hurt a lot of people and even the fundamentalist posturing of his administration may have alienated many Egyptians in the past one year, but this is a government they chose. They saw the secularist parties and chose the Islamist leaning Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi and have to live with their choice until the next election. America must not succumb to the democracy of the mob. Morsi must be saved. AU must also speak up. I write as a concerned African and Nigerian. The mess we have in Nigeria today can be traced to decades of military dictatorship. Despite all the stealing of public funds by politicians in the past 14 years in Nigeria(which needs to be addressed) it is nothing compared to what the military leaders stole. The military superintended over the destruction of all the infrastructure in the country including the national electricity board, NEPA, railway, refineries, airlines, roads and schools at all levels. It is only now that the infrastructures destroyed by years of military dictatorship are being rebuild and expanded. Given the poor record of military dictatorship in Africa, America must not allow Egypt fall into the hands of the soldiers. The coup in Egypt can never succeed without United States support. America cannot deceive the world that it was popular revolt that drove out Morsi from power. Obama save Morsi!