Double standards may lead to further turmoil in Egypt

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What a debacle taking place in not only Egypt but the whole Middle East and as one situation affects another in that region ( as in case of Gaza ) the precedent set by the current situation may have repercussions for years to come.

Mohammad Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood veteran, was surely not the best of choices for the Egyptian people. But he was definitely voted to power, albeit marginally, and in any eyes that is democracy.
He was overthrown by a military coup not a democratic election, whatever the west may say.
The way the military handled the pro-Morsi protests — with live ammunition — should have drawn stern criticism from all sides. Unfortunately, the Western countries fell well short of harshly criticising the brutal crackdown, and understandably it may be seen as "double standards" regarding the case of Syria.

It may be that if Islamists feel that they are excluded from so called "democratic" processes, which if so can not be said to be democratic at all, and they may seek to implement sharia law by force if democracy has felt to have failed.