Egyptian Army Purge

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/world/middleeast/egyptian-leader-ousts-military-chiefs.html?hp

In a news conference broadcast about 5 p.m., Mr. Morsi’s spokesman, Yasser Ali, announced the retirements of the defense minister, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and the army chief of staff, Sami Anan. He said that both men would serve as advisers to the president, suggesting that they had acquiesced to the plan.

Who cares? America won the most gold medals in the Olympics!

America is 2pro.

Purge doesn't feel like the right word to me.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Purge doesn't feel like the right word to me.

Yeah, reshuffling is more apt. A purge implies that people were killed off.

...or shitcanned

I haven't heard of this. Thanks for sharing this.