Kerry’s Folly

After only one year in power, Mohammed Morsi, who was elected President of Egypt, was removed from office by way of Egypt’s military.  The country’s constitution has been suspended and a civilian government is in the process of taking over.  This coup has left Egypt in great turmoil with Morsi’s supporters vowing to remove the civilian government by whatever means possible.  Morsi insists he was elected by due process and the military insists there was no coup, but they were acting on the authority of the people. 

Now let’s face it, Egypt’s constitution is nothing like the Constitution of the United States.  This country is in great turmoil and two days later, the jubilation of the protesters against Morsi, has been met face to face with his Islamist supporters and the casualties are great: 30 dead as of this writing.  This is tragic.

So while all this is going on we would assume our newly elected Secretary of State would be neck deep in this chaos trying his best to make peace in the Middle East because, as we can find out on the State Department’s internet website, the duties of the Secretary of State include: 

These duties -- the activities and responsibilities of the State Department -- include the following:

·       Serves as the President's principal adviser on U.S. foreign policy;  

·       Conducts negotiations relating to U.S. foreign affairs;  

·       Grants and issues passports to American citizens and exequaturs to foreign consuls in the United States;  

·       Advises the President on the appointment of U.S. ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other diplomatic representatives;  

·       Advises the President regarding the acceptance, recall, and dismissal of the representatives of foreign governments;  

·       Personally participates in or directs U.S. representatives to international conferences, organizations, and agencies;  

·       Negotiates, interprets, and terminates treaties and agreements;  

·       Ensures the protection of the U.S. Government to American citizens, property, and interests in foreign countries;  

·       Supervises the administration of U.S. immigration laws abroad;  

·       Provides information to American citizens regarding the political, economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian conditions in foreign countries;  

·       Informs the Congress and American citizens on the conduct of U.S. foreign relations;  

·       Promotes beneficial economic intercourse between the United States and other countries;  

·       Administers the Department of State;  

·       Supervises the Foreign Service of the United States.  

So where was John Kerry on July 3^rd?

Secretary of State Kerry sailed his boat, the "Isabel," on

Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts, Wed., July 3, 2013./CBS

Oh yeah, there he is, on his yacht in Massachusetts….just another shining appointment by our current President Obama.  We can add this to the list of things that make you go hummmm…..

By JG

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