Not Different, Just Better

The Egyptian prime minister has implied that the government will be “riding out” the protests. The same protests that resulted in torching government buildings, and the same protests which the military greeted with practically open arms. I’m going to go out on a limb and say this is a major tactical error on the part of the Egyptian government. This is the way mostly bloodless coupes turn into bloody coupes. I am going to go out on another limb and say that that is probably not the result President Mubarak and the prime minister are after. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that is not even remotely near what they’re after.