NEWSMAX: Fresh off a contentious meeting in Cairo, Sen. John McCain expressed concern Thursday that Egypt may be headed toward a period of prolonged violence if the Arab country’s military and the Muslim Brotherhood cannot start a political dialogue.
McCain and fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham pressed their case over meetings this week with Egypt’s top army brass, interim political leaders, youth groups and allies of Egypt’s ousted and now imprisoned president, Mohammed Morsi. And the 2008 presidential runner-up acknowledged that top Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was unhappy with some of the “straightforward” suggestions they offered.
“We urged them to say they’d release some of the political prisoners if the Muslim Brotherhood pledged to renounce violence,” McCain told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “They were not ready to agree to that, and I’m not sure that the Muslim Brotherhood was ready, either.” … (more)
