If we’re lucky, a secular military strongman will emerge, who will gladly take the US foreign aid billions {US bribe/protection money} in exchange for tamping down the jihadis. That’s the best we can expect.
If a secular military strongman emerges, he will likely be the property of Russia or China.
I suspect El Bardai will play benevolent leader for the next 1.5 years and when Obama is gone the muslim brotherhood will take over outright.