The Brotherhood’s approach is tragically shortsighted, Egypt-based Brookings Institution fellow H. A. Hellyer tells The New York Times: Egypt’s security forces were likely to meet almost any mass demonstration with force, and the Islamists end up taking the blame for the loss of life, the chaos and any subsequent retaliation like the attacks on Monday. “Who do you think will be blamed for that R.P.G. attack?” Mr. Hellyer said. “More people will die, you will have violence in other parts of the country, and all that will be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood.” “It is only a question of whether the Brotherhood are pummeled out of the political arena, or if they withdraw on their own terms,” he added. But Professor Shahin of the American University in Cairo argued that by harassing the government the protests gave the Islamists some leverage, and that the current government was also in a battle it could never fully win. “
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:00:50 +0000
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