Egypt is the biggest Arab country by far, and so long as the democratic revolution prospered in Egypt you could still say the "Arab Spring" was changing things for the better, even despite the calamity in Syria. But it's very hard to see how the Egyptians can find their way back from where they are now. Even worse, the Egyptian coup is stark proof that political Islam cannot succeed by taking the democratic path. The message it conveys to devout Islamists all over the Arab world is Osama bin Laden was right: only by violence can their political project succeed. Thanks a bunch, Gen. Sisi.
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