As always, Egypt has managed to surpass and tear apart all
expectations and write its own script. At the same time, I feel
like my thoughts are so scattered and contradictory that it
would be good to write some of them down, so I can remember them
later.  Last night President Morsi was removed from power by the
Egyptian military. To deny that this was—technically—a coup, is
problematic. The military intervened and influenced the outcome
of a political deadlock.  But my instinctive response is not to
feel as devastated as I thought I would. The military’s move was
not as bad as I had expected—they did not announce that they
will be running the country during the transition, and in my
opinion el Sisi made a remarkably smart move by appointing the
head of the Supreme Constitutional Court as interim president.
Understanding the history of the military as well as their
interests suggests that the Egyptian military does not want to
openly govern Egypt. Rather they want to protect their (vast)
economic interests, th