The scenes coming from Tahrir Square protesting military rule reflect the fragmentation and haphazardness of the so-called "secular" political powers in Egypt. Let me ask a number of real, not hypothetical questions:
1- Should I be angry that the
military prevented the translation of the Islamists domination of parliament
unto real political power?
2- Should I be in a fit the
military supposedly manipulated the Supreme Presidential Election
Commission to disqualify El-Shater and Abu Ismail?
3- Should I go camping in Tahrir
because the Islamists dominated Constituent Assembly was suspended by Cairo's
Administrative Court?
4- Should I enable the Islamists
by allowing them to use the protests as a card to pressure the military council
so they have more leverage as they go back to striking deals with the military?
5- Should I be pressing the
military to have the writing of Egypt's constitution completed before June
given the current political environment, the importance of the document and the
need for a wide consultation process?
6- Should I be elated that the
military and the Islamists are openly at war with each other and in the process
discrediting each other?
7- Should I stay home and watch
the Islamists occupy Tahrir Square and prevent the
"rebuilding of the economy"?
Image: Wacky Chair by Visser Labs
Image: Wacky Chair by Visser Labs
