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Egypt: Revolution Redux November 21, 2011 Zachary Fillingham Geopoliticalmonitor.com Did Egypt’s revolution even succeed, or was everyone a little too eager to accept the comfortable story book ending of a media narrative? Tahir Square is once again awash in blood and tear gas, and it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets any better. In fact, it’s already starting to look a lot like it did in January and February of last year. After three days of renewed protesting, 20 people have been killed, some reportedly at the hands of government troops using live ammunition. Reports are also suggesting that the military council has been sending out plain clothes agents to incite protestors, providing an excuse to use heavy-handed tactics to clear the square. As of Monday, the Egyptian people don’t seem to be very intimidated. Every attempt by government forces to clear the Tahir Square has backfired. Protestors simply leave temporarily only to come back later and re-occupy the square in ever-increasing numbers. Many of them are demanding that the ruling military council dissolve immediately and hand power to the Egyptian parliament that will be formed by elections next week. Protestors are angry at the slow pace of change since President Mubarak was ousted earlier this year, and given the paltry amount of reform that has taken place since then- this isn’t too surprising. The country is still run by the military. More specifically, it’s still run by Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, a close former ally of Hosni Mubarak who has served as the Minister of Defense since 1991. This begs the question: what has changed in Egypt? For the full text, please visit: http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/egypt-revolution-redux-4538/

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