muslim brotherhood

This looks absolutely outrageous to me. Whatever most of us feel about the Muslim Brotherhood, sentencing 529 of its followers to death over a riot in which a police officer was killed looks like the kind of thing a fascist government would do. Link

Turns out that contrary to most people's fears, the secular Wafd party would emerge as the most popular party if elections were held today, gaining 23% of the vote. The Muslim brotherhood would get 12%. These were taken place from March 9th-20th...

Since we don't know what sort of government will take his place if (when?) he falls, it's kind of early to opine upon the subject, but let's engage in our usual rampant speculation anyway. Mubarak has served the U.S. as a useful idiot for 30 years. Once he's gone, we may find that we're unable...