Power Corrupts

HUMAN NATURE never changes. About a year and a half ago, or so, the people of egypt bravely rose up and overthrew thousands of years of absolute tyranny, in the "arab spring". After the dictator mubarak  resigned under great popular pressure, the country was governed by the military until a constitution was set up, and a president put in office.

Democracy had come to egypt, for the first time ever. All was well. Then trouble started in the gaza strip between israel and the palestinian organization hamas. While the world was wringing its hands, placing blame and issuing rhetorical statements, the president of egypt brokered a cease fire between the two countries.

The president of egypt was widely praised for this, in his own country, and throughout the middle esat and the world. All was well. Then, the president started making announcements removing power from the other branches of the eyptian government, particularly the courts, and placing it in his own hands,

The president went on a power grab, posibly with an inflated ego as a result of his recent popularity. But the people of egypt are not about to let this happen, not after already having gone to the great trouble of bringing democracy to egypt in the first place. Again, they are out in large numbers, protesting in the streets.

All they want the president to do is to reverse and eliminate his recent power grabbing proclamations, which he claims are necessary to further democracy, but the people do not seem to agree. The good money is on the people.