Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for 'day of rage'

[The Stranger]

41. Presumably, there would be something other than the presidency. Morsi was only one person

holding one elected office. If he were trying to set up theocratic rule, then there would be other offices of the government, other branches of the government -- some system of checks and balances -- to prevent this.

The idea is that you would not have to resort to violence and prematurely end the president's term. There would be something analogous to the Supreme Court and Congress to counterbalance any attempt to seize power unchecked.

As far as how democracy comes to the region, it is either going to happen now or later. There is simply no other alternative. Installing various dictators in the region to keep a lid on things has blown up in the collective Western face too many times now.

That process itself has brought about terrorism and Muslim fundamentalism.