The Egyptian Minister of Defense
believes that Egypt may be slipping into civil war. General
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is committed to stopping the slide into
anarchy, but Egypt has profound problems. After the ouster of
Mubarak, Egypt was ruled by the army for a period of time. There was
new hope by the Egyptians when Mohammed Morsi was elected president.
But President Morsi has failed to bring the divided Egyptians
together and the protests have increased in number and intensity.
This is all very interesting in light
of this prophecy by Isaiah in which he says that Egypt will be
stricken with civil war and a cruel dictatorship.
And I will set the Egyptians against
the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother,
and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom
against kingdom. And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst
thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek
to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar
spirits, and to the wizards. And the Egyptians will I give over into
the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them,
saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. -Isaiah 19: 2-4
Egypt's army delivers an ominous warning
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| General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi |
Egypt's army chief warned on Sunday
that the military is ready to intervene to stop the nation from
entering a "dark tunnel" of internal conflict.
Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi spoke a week
ahead of mass protests planned by opponents of Islamist President
Mohammed Morsi. There are fears the demonstrations calling for
Morsi's ouster will descend into violence after some of the
president's hard-line supporters vowed to "smash" them.
Others declared protesters were infidels who deserve to be killed.
El-Sissi's comments were his first in
public on the planned June 30 protests. Made to officers during a
seminar, they reflected the military's frustration with the rule of
Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president who completes one year
in office on June 30.
His comments, posted on the military's
Facebook page, could add pressure on Morsi as he braces for the
protests after he spent his first year in office struggling with a
host of problems that he is widely perceived to have failed to
effectively tackle, like surging crime, rising prices, fuel
shortages, power cuts and unemployment.
El-Sissi also appeared to lower the
threshold for what warrants intervention by the military. Earlier he
cited collapse or near collapse of the state.
He said that while the military has
recently stayed out the political fray and focused instead on its
combat capabilities, its patriotic and moral responsibility toward
Egyptians obliges it to intervene and stop Egypt from "slipping
into a dark tunnel of conflict, internal fighting." He said
sectarian violence and the collapse of state institutions would also
justify intervention.
He urged all parties to use the week
left before the June 30 protests to reach a "genuine"
understanding to defuse the crisis. "We have a week during which
a great deal can be achieved. This is a call that is only motivated
by love of the nation, its presence and future."
"Those who think that we (the
military) are oblivious to the dangers that threaten the Egyptian
state are mistaken. We will not remain silent while the country slips
into a conflict that will be hard to control," he said.
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