And another interesting view:
For a more sober take, read David Ignatius for a reminder that revolutions that start off inspired by liberation often dont end up that way. Quote: [F]rom the French and Russian revolutions to the Iranian uprising of 1979, the idealistic but disorganized street protesters usually give way to a manipulative revolutionary elite the Revolutionary Guard, as the Iranians like to call them. The Brotherhood has the best organized opposition and a potential western-friendly front man in ElBaradei. What could go wrong?
Today’s “Pasha” becomes tomorrow’s “Strelnikov.”