A clear indication that the ‘Egyptian Revolution’ remains incomplete, immature and disorganized. The old regime is still in tact, and no where are they in full force than in the military and the business community. Forget about all the rantings about the Muslim Brotherhood, the fact is the military is not responding to the demands and cries of the people, rather the army is taking a very opportunistic position right now so as to prevent any public scrutiny that they will now be subjected to by the new dispensation. The Egypt Military is a conglomerate. It owns petrol stations, supermarkets, land, companies of all sorts and no one in Egypt verifies their accounts until the new constitution created provisions to that effect. Thus what we are seeing in Egypt is a drama in which the Old Order is feeding on the frustration of the misguided masses to perpetuate their control of that society, while the elite represented by Elbaradei and Amr Moussa and Co. are fighting to find space already occupied by the Old Order and the Muslim Brotherhood. The tragedy for the elites is that they are unrecognized by the masses. Therefore it is in the interest of the masses to bring back Morsi. In spite of all his shortcomings, the masses are better off dealing with the Brotherhood and Morsi than with the Old Order, who are masters of deception, oppression and repression in all forms. After more than 60 years of dictatorship in a largely conservative society which has been thrust into a modern world as manifested in the youth and social media, it is foolhardy for anyone to think that 10 years is enough to stabilize Egypt and make it find its right bearings to sail smoothly. I am not surprised by these vibrations. They are inevitable and necessary in order to put everything in their rightful place. So the military, which has been in the front seat in all those decades, should rather do their own revolution by bringing themselves to understand that they are subordinate to a civilian and constitutional authority and perfect their capabilities for their traditional role of territorial security. Internal and political issues are for the civilian authority and the population to thrash out. So the army has not helped once again, rather they just sought to prolong the change process. It was going to be good for Egypt and fellow countries in the region to see how the Morsi administration will deal with the uprising as both parties test each other’s capabilities. I would argue that the Brotherhood should fight back through all legal and peaceful means to get themselves return to power.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:43:34 +0000
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