The Obama administration has been disengaged, first saying they were “concerned” on August 14, when a State Department spokesperson was asked about the ongoing attacks. The next day President Obama lumped the ongoing terrorizing of Christians in Egypt into a broader statement, saying, “We call on those who are protesting to do so peacefully and condemn the attacks that we’ve seen by protesters, including on churches.” In response to a question at Monday’s State Department press briefing, spokesperson Jen Psaki said, “We deplore in the strongest terms the reprehensible attacks…”

Middle-East expert and Woodrow Wilson Center scholar Aaron David Miller told me in an interview, “The attacks on the churches is a problem that is not getting enough attention. The United States got on this far too late, in terms of condemning violence against the churches.”

Coptic Christians in Tennessee demonstrated this week, chanting, “Obama, Obama don’t you care? Christian blood is everywhere.” They shouted “eid wahda,” the Egyptian phrase that means “one hand” and has become the post-Morsi mantra. It conveys the widely held sentiment there that Egyptians, both Christians and Muslims, are united with the army against the Muslim Brotherhood.