Egypt: Is Obama going to make the same mistake twice?

It is disappointing that President Obama has not come out firmly in favor of the tens of thousands of Egyptians demonstrating against the Muslim Brotherhood regime under Egyptian President Morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood promised Obama that they would not run a candidate for President because of the fact that the Brotherhood was the only organized party and legitimate political competition representing the Egyptian people did not have time to organize and develop. The Brotherhood reneged on their promise and Obama turned a blind eye. Now the brotherhood, under Morsi, has made a move to institutionalize Shiria law in Egypt and rig the political system so that the Brotherhood will have control of the congress and Judiciary. This is not democracy and Obama should be standing up and verbally supporting western educated Egyptians, secular Egyptians and the over 6 million Coptic Christians  in Egypt who are putting their lives on the line. We saw what happened in Lebanon to the Liberal educated Muslim and Christian communities, and know too well how this story is going to turn out if Obama does not intervene politically. Obama threw Mubarak under the bus for far less than what is happening in Egypt at this moment, and there is no way he can remain silent while this continues.

In 2009 tens of thousands of people in Iran put their lives on the line to protest against their government, and President Obama ignored them for 2 weeks while they were slaughtered, finally giving verbal support after the people were already repressed by the military. One would hope that Obama would learn from the “Iranian mistake” and pound his desk at the oppression of true democracy in Egypt. I am not suggesting US military interference on the ground, but I am asking for Obama to demonstrate moral clarity on what he considers American interests: Supporting radical religious regimes  led by dictators that suppress their minorities or the people who want a liberal democracy along the lines of Turkey, which is a model for and Islamic democracy?