(January 30, 2011 at 11:29 am)Ubermensch Wrote: It is extremely unlikely that Egypt will end up an Islamic theocracy if this revolution is successful. "If" being the key part. I am extremely sceptical as to whether the US government will let a puppet government like Mubarak's topple to be replaced by an actual democracy, particularly since Egypt is the second largest receiver of US aid, right after Israel.
He's using the army now, but if wikileaks is any indication, he won't just let it go to a theocracy,he'll resist everything to prevent turning into a theocracy, and his belief that it will happen if it does, at least i hope he learned a lesson