Modern Egypt  The new pharaohs  An Egyptian assesses his country
See article  Readers' comments    Doctor Pen  Although I didn't
read the book, but reading your article I agree with you that
the author may be over-simplyfing the current situation in
Egypt. It seems like a wishful thinking to believe that the
change can be easy, just because it is a logical result of the
chaiotic situation in Egypt. The current political system has
now reached a conclusion that its servival can only be secured
with an iron grip on everything, hence any change will only come
with very bloody explosions, and with unpredictable
consequences. It is unfotunate that most people think that only
Mubarak and his family should be removed to achieve the
desirable change. Realistically, a whole thick layer of
political and buricratic figures need to be removed from the
government machinary, since all of them have grown in the same
atomshere that lead to the current desperate sitution that we
see now in Egypt. If you are in doubt, just lo