Egypt's mobocracy

Well, what a shock. Ordinary Egyptians joined with the Egyptian army to drive 'pro-democracy' protesters from Cairo's Tahrir Square (Hat Tip: Memeorandum). Squeezed between an assertive military and the country's resurgent Islamist movement, many Internet-savvy, pro-democracy activists are finding it increasingly hard to remain relevant in a post-revolutionary Egypt that is struggling to

Egypt: Bound to explode?

Mordechai Kedar writes that Egypt is bound to explode and the Egyptian army may just decide to use Israel to let the steam disperse. The above developments have been clearly reflected in the behavior of one of the members of the Council of Armed Forces, General Mohsen Fangary. From the beginning of the revolution on January 25th, he supported the rights of citizens to express their opinions