Simply Complicated

"To put it all in simpler terms: Egypt’s first revolution was to get rid of the dead hand, the second revolution was to get rid of the deadheads and the third revolution was to escape from the dead end."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/opinion/friedman-egypts-three-revolutions.html?smid=fb-share

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"The trouble is that Morsi was the elected president, and when – apparently to his own great surprise – he was overthrown by the army (or the ‘popular will of the people’, depending on your point of view), his supporters simply had no plans for the future save for their demand that Morsi be reinstalled. So they blocked the roads of Cairo. General al-Sisi, assuming that the Brotherhood would tire of this tactic after a few days in the summer sun and a few mini-massacres, is now suffering the conundrum of all generals who find that their enemy doesn’t want to play by their script."
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/in-egypt-general-alsisi-is-at-a-loss--but-a-massacre-on-eid-would-bring-too-much-infamy-8750836.html

"... must come to realise they cannot extricate or marginilise their political other and that will take some time..." (Adel Iskandar)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHlUVjUlDJI

"Without a serious dialogue with all the parties, and most importantly with the political prisoners because they are the main element in this crisis, I believe things will be difficult."
https://socialreader.com/me/content/FLHuZ?chid=74367&utm_source=webapp&utm_medium=fbshare&utm_content=articlePage

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"You cannot speak of a democracy when there is an institution above scrutiny," Springborg said. "It is of utmost importance for Egypt that the army and its economy comes under civilian control. However, I don't think that is happening any time soon, since there is no group of civilian activists at the moment capable of achieving this."
 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/08/20138435433181894.html

"Egypt's disenfranchised moderates" by Alaa Bayoumi

“The June 30 revolution cannot go back on the goals of the January 25 revolution, including criminalising the police state, holding those politically corrupt accountable, rejecting the misuse of authority and power, and respecting basic human rights and freedoms," Moataz Abdel Fatah wrote. "If we don't see before us strict commitment to the goals of the January 25 revolution, we will most probably witness a new revolutionary wave against the outcome of the June 30 revolution.” 

Belal Fadel, a political commentator known for his criticism of the Muslim Brotherhood, has called on General Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to resign - along with Interim President Adly Mansour and Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi - over the killing of protesters."Whoever is in the seats of power should resign or courageously face his responsibilities and refer those responsible for the massacre to justice, regardless of who they are," he wrote. "Everyone should know that if he is lax in doing that, he will not escape justice - no matter what his position is - once the balance of power turns against him, as it turned against those who thought they were shielded from punishment." 

“Many want stability," he said. "They want to live without political problems, crises, or even stands."
Still, Mahmoud remains cautiously optimistic for the future.
"Change will come," he said. "Revolutions are like snowballs. They start with a few people speaking up - when everyone else is silent and sees them as crazy.”
Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/07/2013729182834978685.html