President Obama Calls for an End to Violence in Egypt
President Obama this morning 15th Aug. issued a
statement on the unfolding situation in Egypt and called for an end to
violence.
"The United States
strongly condemns the steps that have been taken by Egypt’s interim government and
security forces," he said. "We deplore violence against civilians. We
support universal rights essential to human dignity, including the right to
peaceful protest. We oppose the pursuit of martial law, which denies those
rights to citizens under the principle that security trumps individual freedom,
or that might makes right. And today the United States extends its
condolences to the families of those who were killed and those who were
wounded."
The President announced that he is canceling the biannual
joint military training exercise that U.S.
forces hold with Egyptian counterparts and weighing the implications of the
Egyptian interim government's actions as the United States considers further
steps that we may take.
"The Egyptian people deserve better than what we’ve
seen," he said.