Arab Spring to Simmering Summer

Not great:

Judges overseeing the vote count in Egypt's parliamentary elections say Islamist parties have won a majority of the contested seats in the first round. The judges spoke on condition of anonymity because official results are expected to be released later Thursday.

Less than good:

Continued success by Islamists will allow them to give Cairo's government and constitution a decidedly Islamist character. It could also lead Cairo to shift away from the West towards the Iranian axis.

Bad:

“When I asked Shams el-Din, the Brotherhood neurologist, whether he believed that homosexuals should be stoned, he said, “Yes.” “We think that the laws should conform with what has been put forward by the revelation, using parliamentary means.”'

I was talking to an Egyptian, who said that the Muslim Brotherhood will never have control of Egypt, because the military won't give them the run of the country. I said, "What if the military simply becomes the armed wing of the Muslim Brotherhood? The MB gives them popular support in exchange for the military being a bodyguard. 'Keep your guns, just kick the asses of people we tell you to.'"

My friend blinked and said, "Don't even think that."

My friend didn't say it couldn't happen.

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