The Egyptian Military's Big Mistakes

The power grab in the past week by the Egyptian military and the lingering Mubarak-era establishment, operating through the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, is such a blatant attempt to prevent a truly democratic and republican system of government from taking root in the country that it cannot possibly succeed. It will generate tremendous counter forces in society from tens of millions of ordinary and politicized Egyptians, who insist on achieving the promise of the January 2011 revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, and ushered in a slow transition to a more democratic system of governance Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Columnist/2012/Jun-20/177406-the-egyptian-militarys-big-mistakes.ashx#ixzz1yLfVaOBY (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)