EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MORSI DESTROYS GOOD WILL BY TAKING DICTATORIAL POWERS

Egyptian President Morsi had built up a sense of trust in other countries for his calm handling of the Israeli-Palestinian cease fire.

But then he foolishly destroyed the good will by trying to arrogate to himself powers of a dictator.  Specifically, he said that his decisions could not be overturned by any Egyptian court.

Now we watch in disbelief, as Egypt goes through another political convulsion.

PRES. OBAMA WORKS WITH EGYPTIAN PRES. MORSI IN BRINGING ABOUT GAZA CEASE FIRE

It was Pres. Barack Obama who was instrumental in bringing about a cease fire in Gaza.  Obama worked closely with Egypt's president Morsi in arranging both sides to agree.  He called Morsi six times on Monday and Tuesday this week.

Thanks go to Sec. Hillary Clinton, who went to Israel to tell Netanyahu in blunt terms that the United States wished him to agree, rather than continue Israel's immoral and illegal bombing of the Palestinian people.

See the key reporting in today's The New York Times by Peter Baker and David D. Kirkpatrick.