Hours Ahead of Deadline, Morsi Defiant

The clock is ticking on the Egyptian military’s threat to overthrow President Mohamed Morsi, but the stubborn leader is showing no signs of backing down. There are now only mere hours left until what looks slated to be a clash between the country’s military and members of Morsi’s Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. On Monday, Morsi-appointed defense minister Abdel Fatah al-Sissi announced a 48 hour deadline for the president and his protesting foes to kiss and makeup before the military took over, but Tuesday night the president made clear he had no intention of giving in to this demand, declaring on national television that he was democratically elected and any efforts to remove him from office were “unacceptable.”