“The Egyptian people are victorious. That is the only clear fact at this point. Nobody knows where this triumph will take Egypt: Will a military regime arise? Will an Islamic government take shape? Or Egypt’s own sort of democracy? Or mere anarchy? One can speculate, but at this stage such speculation amounts to nothing more than taking wild guesses. As such, it’s more logical to deal with what already happened than with what will happen in the future. Or, more precisely, we should be asking – How did this happen?”

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