Posted on 02/04/2011 3:21:42 AM PST by Scanian
Everyone in Egypt agrees on this much: The "transition" has already started.
But they don't agree on what "transition" means -- or on whether it will be dictated by the "street" or choreographed by a nervous regime.
Yesterday, new Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that transition talks had begun between the governing National Democratic Party and "the opposition." He also described the protesters' demands as legitimate and promised "much reform" and a referendum.
The subtext: Suleiman is now in charge, and President Hosni Mubarak should be allowed to fade away "with dignity."
Yet those who seek regime change won't be satisfied with a switch from President Mubarak to President Suleiman. They want to bring down the whole edifice built since the military seized power in 1952. They've promised a mass demonstration today with the aim of storming the presidential palace.
That is one of two clear camps on "transition." The other wants change within the regime.
In the first camp, we find dozens of small groups bringing together young, often well-educated, people who dream of a modern society based on freedom and enterprise. They are often referred to as the Facebook Movement. The best known, the April 6 Movement and the January 25 Coalition, played a key role in organizing the first demonstrations that forced Mubarak to announce his intention to retire in September.
Also supporting regime change is a number of parties -- notably Ayman al-Nur's al-Ghad (Tomorrow), the Egyptian Communist Party, the Kifayah (Enough!), led by George Ishaq, and the Karamah (Dignity), led by Hamad bin Sabahi.
On the fringes of this camp, we find terrorist Islamist groups
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“Hope and Change” of course.
This is a very shallow statement of the question of what comes next.
Left out is this:
We all know what the Muslim Brotherhood wants. The real question is, are they going to get it?
There are communists involved. It will transition to be like Somalia.
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