Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called Egypt’s government “basically an army dictatorship” during a live debate with her opponent Bernie Sanders. “I cautioned about the overthrow of [former President Hosni] Mubarak, and now we’re back with basically an army dictatorship,” said Clinton during the debate. “To promote democracy is a hard road to walk.” It remains unclear whether Clinton’s statements about President Sisi’s government will be the official position of her administration if she wins the Presidency race. Egypt-US relations have been rocky since the ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi, but some recent progress had been made to restore stronger ties. Clinton’s views are starkly different to Republican presidential candidates who have vowed to support Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. In August 2015, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Obama should be more like President Sisi in the fight against terrorism. “Let me contrast President Obama, who at the prayer breakfast essentially acted as an apologist. He said well gosh the crusades, the inquisitions … We need a president that shows the courage that Egypt’s President al-Sissi did—a Muslim—when he called out the radical Islamic terrorists who are…
Egypt’s Government ‘Basically An Army Dictatorship’ says Hillary Clinton
December 20, 2015
