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The Failed Egyptian Social Revolution
by stylus Sunday, Feb 13 2011, 6:55pm
international / social/political / opinion/analysis

If we view the situation without western media hype and distractions, we simply see a failed social revolution. Allowing the Egyptian military to assume control at the request of US puppet ElBharadei is no indication of success, though the western media would have us believe otherwise.

Western lackey, Mohamed ElBaradei

The Egyptian military is responsible for assassinating former Egyptian president Sadat and supporting corrupt dictatorships ever since. The promise of elections in six months, was principally designed to get people off the streets and allow existing powers to consolidate their new hold on the nation – any commentator familiar with Egyptian politics knows too well the chances of REAL representative, independent leadership is remote. An agreeable, contemporary Obama-type Egyptian lackey will be placed in office and Washington would have succeeded with yet another foreign intervention.

The fundamentals of successful social revolutions are simple; no former authority, especially one with a violent and repressive history, is to assume any power whatsoever. The existing government is dissolved and COMPLETELY NEW, fully able, PEOPLE’S REPRESENTATIVES ASSUME OFFICE, with the support of the masses behind them -- this clearly did not occur in Egypt.

Instead we had a popularist uprising only demanding the resignation of the President! Very few demands for genuine and lasting SOCIAL REFORM were made and therein lies the most cogent indication that the entire charade was orchestrated.

With the help of corrupt officials, small selected groups trained for the task, would be allowed to openly defy assembly restrictions and incite revolt. Add to that the digital communication methods which effectively propelled Obama to the presidency and you have the Egyptian (failed) social revolution. In the case of Obama the entire strategy was planned and executed from beginning to end; everything was planned in detail and the power elite consolidated their powerbase with another puppet.

In the case of Egypt fundamental change has not occurred and was not planned, the entire charade was propelled by simple slogans and a SINGLE (Mubarak’s resignation) simplistic demand! Any pretence to future ‘democratic elections’ -- if we’ve learned anything from the American occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan -- will result in similar corrupt outcomes and the people would have been robbed of REAL CHANGE and DEMOCRATIC REFORMS. The euphoria of the moment will be very short-lived indeed; as those who planned and executed this ‘revolt’ are old masters at the game.

The lesson to be learnt here is that DEPTH and COMPREHENSIVE planning are required to succeed and sustain REAL social revolutions. My prognosis for Egypt based on fundamental reformist principles is therefore grim. Nevertheless, real change and reform is always available to the masses if certain criteria are met.

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