| Mr Khan said: The acid test in Egypt will be if rule of law can survive Mohammed Morsi. If the various organs of the state can remain independent of the Muslim Brotherhood, then the current climate in Egypt will only be a minor speed-bump towards a properly freer future, but if Morsi and the Brotherhood successfully subsume them, as Putin and United Russia have conquered every avenue of power within Russia (called "rule by law") without having to actually destroy said organs as dictators of old would have done, then we'll see some nasty, lasting damage. |
I'm not optimistic. Unlike most people, many of whom were pooh-poohing the very idea that the Muslim Brotherhood could even come to power when there was no other organized opposition even worth mentioning, I was never optimistic because polls have shown for years that something like 80% of Egyptians want more Islam in their government, not less. Unless the past couple of years have changed their minds about that, and I don't see any signs that they have, things are going to get much worse before they get any better.
