tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post7693222192595948295..comments2024-02-15T17:04:14.226+01:00Comments on Jane Is The One: Egyptjanestheonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-70082062767939319622011-01-27T19:09:53.248+01:002011-01-27T19:09:53.248+01:00The problem - or rather, one of the problems - is ...The problem - or rather, one of the problems - is that there is no obvious happy third alternative to Mubarak on the one hand and the Muslim Brotherhood on the other.<br /><br />I was in Cairo at the end of November, at the time of the laughable parliamentary elections. Thoughtful middle class people I spoke to said they were indeed utterly fed up with Mubarak and his clan. But, as "we don't want to be another Sudan or Iran", they would - on balance - rather have Mubarak (father or son) than the MB. This was relatively politicized people speaking, so the feeling among more ordinary members of the middle class is probably even less inclined towards radical change.<br /><br />There is a liberal secular opposition, but it is small and has very limited appeal to the masses. Until a realistic althernative presents itself, we outsiders should be careful what we wish for.Sauti Ndogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523162606546340417noreply@blogger.com