The Egyptian revolution will be studied in the future. That is an evidence. But not only because it will tell the story of how a dictator was overthrown or survived a revolution (which seems quite unlikely).
But also it will be studied because, although we can't see it now in the march and in the protests, there are two diverging forces, mainly conflicting, despite now they walk together.
The forces are the liberals on one side, and the islamists on the other. It is quite undeniable that the liberals will try to establish a european-alike democracy, whilst the islamists (mostly the Muslim Brotherhood) will try to establish something different, probably a islamist republic.
In the forthcoming events, the egyptian army will have a decisive leadership or role, it may become the judge between them.
We are witnessing an amazing series of revolutions in the muslim world. But they bring us old fears and doubts; what we should do, support a dictator, or support democracy, even if it can lead to a rise of islamism?
The big problem is that, undoubtedly we have been feeding the egyptian (and other countries) islamisms by supporting dictators.
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