I was going to post in the "Politics" thread, but I realized that politics in somebody else's country is a whole different kettle of fish. Ages ago each house of the U.S. Congress had a committee to deal with issues involving other countries. The House of Representatives had the Foreign Affairs Committee; the Senate had a Foreign Relations Committee. My lifelong hero, Warren G. Magnuson, said that this was because the House had the energy for affairs; senators were lucky if they had relations.
So we watch Egypt. I am not a fan of military coups; they just don't do any good, and usually make things worse. But this time... See, this time the head of the armed forces went on tv and said, "You dudes have been jacking off for a year. People are hungry, people are homeless; they are in the streets demanding you do something, and you keep jacking off. So unless you do something by next Thursday, we take over."
So President Morisy (who blew off a great gig doing vocals for the Smiths
) went on tv and said, "Neener, neener, I got elected, my Momma loves me, and my shit don't stink. Fuck you."
So Thursday morning (Cairo time) the Army moved. Among other things, they appointed the Chief Justice to fill the office of president until elections. That's what charmed me.
See, chief justices have a number of characteristics. They've all been trained in the law, which means being locked in a room trying to figure out what assholes were doing by reading cases. They tend to be shy, and they secretly want to be loved. These things usually make them harmless. That's good. They are used to writing out how they decide things. Usually, they're cool. They're not the people you go to if you want to rain Hell on your enemies.