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No, because both sides are as bad as each other. The army ousted Morsi because he was corrupt and Islamist (which left unchecked would lead to tyranny). The Army is less Islamist but it's corrupt and tyrannical. The experts on the matter predicted bad things once the 2 leading candidates for president turned out to be a Mubarak flunky and an Islamist firebrand, And they turned out to be right.

The original Tahrir protest movement got swamped in the elections and neither of the main protagonists represent those people who were wanting real secular democracy. Even though he is a flawed person, El Baradai (SP?) would have been the best president as neither an image of the old order nor a pawn of Islamic fundamentalism. But not enough Egyptian vested interests wanted the sort of govt he'd bring.



“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix