relieved

Life is strange. I never imagined that “relieved” and “Muslim Brotherhood victory” would go together in the same sentence for me. Indeed, I always used to say I’d be on the first plane out of Egypt if they took over. But situations change.

Aside from the fact that it’s always right to announce election results honestly, I think the generals saved their own skins here, at least for awhile. Trying to install their own man would inevitably have led to violence, and in cracking down they would have had to go much further than before, and could quickly have become international outlaws at something approaching Assad level.

It could have been an ugly couple of years in Egypt. Now, at least, there’s a chance to work on things. We bought some time today, and buying time is often underrated as a form of success.