Honorable Thaddeus G. McCotter
United States Representative, Michigan, Republican
Representative McCotter, of the Eleventh District of Michigan, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee. The following is excerpted from a January 28, 2011, press statement. The Egyptian demonstrations are not the equivalent of Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution. The Egyptian demonstrations are the reprise of Iran’s 1979 radical revolution. Thus, America must stand with her ally Egypt to preserve an imperfect government capable of reform and prevent a tyrannical government capable of harm. For if Egypt is radicalized, all of the reforms sought by the Egyptian people and…
