For his part, (Robert) Springborg noted that Sisis academic papers at the US Army War College were almost like Islamist tracts.El-Baradei:
Former International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who had previously announced his intetions to run for the presidency of Egypt, said Monday that if Israel attacked Gaza, we would declare war against the Zionist regime.The record speaks for itself. All MB members are Islamists, but not all Islamists are MB members, by a long shot.
The Egyptian Army has found the perfect balance between rhetoric and cultural discipline.
Which is to say, el Sisi isn’t an “Islamist” in any geopolitical or functional way.