Everybody in Egypt realizes that their economy is tied to the ancient Egyptian artifacts and buildings. Morsi put governors and ministers in charge of sensitive areas. Those men had spoken publically about the need to destroy all of the pre-Islamic antiquities. This was probably a huge boost to the recent coup as destroying these buildings would be economic suicide. So, as long as they make them Postmaster General and Surgeon General, there’s no problem. But they can’t put them where they would do harm. (But, then, I’m not an Egyptian politician and politicians tend to see a different reality from the rest of us.)
“So, as long as they make them Postmaster General and Surgeon General, there’s no problem”
I was thinking Minister of Green Energy or Minister of Garbage Collection, or even Minister of Dog Catching.
That’s kind of what I’m thinking, although maybe I’m in the minority here. Throw them a bone with some harmless position—not for the sake of the MB, but for the crowd in the street. It’s like that movie Thank You For Smoking. The goal in a debate isn’t to win over your opponent; the goal is to win the audience. Plus this way, if the Army needs to crack down further, nobody can say that the Army didn’t at least try for reconciliation.
As with the Taliban in upper Afgannyland the Morsi’s did say they were gonna knock down all the old non-mooslime stuff even tho it is the basis for their entire economy.
I was waiting for the program to start and hoping they would start with the Great Pyramid. This bunch of inbred geniuses claim they built the pyramids but can’t remember how they done it. My money says they can’t figger out how to tear one down either but watching would be entertaining to the max. Remember these are the same blowhards who couldn’t get a dam built without calling in the Russians to help dig. They are also kin to the geniuses who couldn’t catch the Israelites swimming the Red Sea.
If there was any actual brainpower in command of Egypt they would be building a modern pyramid, explaining the secrets of construction as they go. It should contain large conference rooms so our IRS would have cultural places to hold training sessions. And while they are at it they could study agriculture so’s they can , oh, say, feed themselves?