Rule of law is essential to ending the crisis of governing legitimacy in Egypt. As long as the losers fear that winners will never allow the societal audit of their governing that free voting represents, the crisis will continue. Under the circumstances, it is a relief that the military isn't under the thumb of the Moslem Brotherhood government of President Mursi:
Egypt's powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country's Islamist leaders, indirectly criticizing their policies and issuing thinly veiled threats that it might seize power again.
The tension is raising the specter of another military intervention much like the one in 2011, when generals replaced longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak after they sided with anti-regime protesters in their 18-day popular uprising.
It isn't optimal for the Egyptian military to have the power to over-rule civilian government based on rule of law. But we don't have an Egyptian government based on rule of law, do we?
But John Kerry has higher priorities than supporting democracy in Egypt--like alienating perhaps the most polite country in the world by droning on about global warming. Silly me, I thought we already had a head of EPA doing enough damage to our economy.
I swear, it sometimes hurts to watch "smart" diplomacy in action.
