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

[MADem]

102. Mubarak was tone deaf, and he wasn't moving fast enough to transition to civilian rule.

He also had a son with "aspirations" and there was some concern that he would want to follow along, a la Assad dictatorship.

Had Mubarak moved quickly, earlier, he could have avoided his own personal problems as well as the agita and bloodshed. He could have gone out on a high note--but he stayed too long at the fair, as they say.

It's the oddest thing, that people with power rarely want to give it up. It's like a drug, and it changes people, usually not in a good way.

The good news is, they're already roughing out a "sane" Constitution (stripping out all the fundy shit) and al-Sisi has said he doesn't want to run the country, and wants to restore civilian rule as quickly as possible.

They may have to beat down the MB, but they may be able to get this ship back on course. I hope so.