In an article published in the Times today, the revolution of Tahrir Square in Egypt in 2011, if historical, history has receded on its heels. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is currently dragging the country deep into its authoritarian past.
The author of the article, Richard Spencer, said that Sisi claimed when he took power in 2013 that he wanted to protect the gains of that revolution from the Muslim Brotherhood, which prompted foreign observers at the time to describe the coup of Sisi as a "second revolution."
But the events since the coup did not convince anyone, and those who said that the Sisi coup is a return to the rule of the military was not wrong.
Spencer explained that the Sisi had destroyed the Muslim Brotherhood and eliminated any political opposition at home and encouraged the media to promote "cult of the individual." He continued to describe himself as "the first and the other" and placed broader powers in the hands of the state and companies run by the army. In power for life.
He added that the region from Saudi Arabia to Syria - and with the help of the White House - is witnessing an outgrowth of the authoritarian rule that the Arab Spring has provoked.
He pointed out that America's position will contribute to crushing the Islamists, but that will be in the short term only, and the idea that this crushing will lead to the adoption of the region Western thought are only dreams of vigilance.