NEWSMAX: ….”Egypt was rejecting authoritarian Islamism. That’s what they were rejecting and I think that is very Egyptian — and something to be proud of,” explained [Middle East expert and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Judith Miller.]…
“People in Tahrir that I was talking to, they are very happy tonight,” observed Miller. “They have a real sense of pride in what they’ve done. They forced the military to act in the people’s interest. This is not the kind of military coup we’ve seen in other countries.”
Miller said she does not believe that the Egyptian military will try to hold power for long. “They tried it. They didn’t do well. They didn’t like it,” she said… (more)
EDITOR: It is not uncommon for a well organized political party, in this case the Muslim Brotherhood, to be elected to office after an upheaval and then to seize perpetual control by taking the nation in an extreme direction and undermining the opportunity for future fair elections.
We saw it with the Communists and the Nazis.
The Muslim Brotherhood was well organized at the time of the first democratic election and no other party existed. The majority of the people now better understands and likely reject the repressive theocracy the Brotherhood is implementing.
Let the population have another chance to organize and choose its leaders. This may take several years. And it may require that the Muslim Brotherhood not be allowed to participate in elections… at least for a decade.
George Washington had to repress the Tory Party from taking control of colonies during the Revolutionary War. Egypt is still passing through its revolution.
In the largely peaceful Egyptian counterrevolution, the two thirds of the population that do not wish to go back to the middle ages succeeded and will now have a second chance at democracy. Democracy has two sides: respect for the elected majority as well as for the defeated minority that may well win the next election.
What is happening in Egypt has a weird parallel to what is happening in the United States. The party that has the elected majority in the House of Representatives is trying to force its extreme agenda on the country.
But our democracy has three parts: the House, the Senate, and the President. The other two-thirds (Senate and the President) were also freely elected.
By constantly ignoring, undermining, and even vilifying the other elected two-thirds of our government, the House is acting in similar fashion as the Muslim Brotherhood and the other, once elected but then turned oppressive, political entities that you cite in your commentary.