23.11.2011 - 15:05 [ The Atlantic ]

6 Key Questions on Egypt´s Escalating Violence

What is the military‘s objective here? ..
Who controls the police? ..
Does it matter if elections are postponed? ..
Does public opinion (or the silent majority) matter? ..
Is the Muslim Brotherhood dominating politics or discrediting itself? ..
How does it end? ..

The third and final scenario is the one in which, true to pattern, the generals crack under pressure and fight the last war, giving in to previous demands only once the crowd has moved on to bigger ones. In this scenario, the military agrees to replace the cabinet, or schedule presidential elections, only after a crowd incensed by dozens of needless deaths has moved on to demanding an immediate and full transfer of power to a civilian authority.