Sunday, September 01, 2013

Sons of Zayid propagana: Sisi versus Nasser

"Combined, those two periods of instability created a huge appetite for someone like Gen El Sisi, whose smile, youthful looks and energy gave him a charisma only previously enjoyed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the president who died in 1970 after ruling Egypt for 18 years. Since his death, many have acknowledged his faults: his rule was oppressive against secular and Islamist dissidents, and the state-run system he created became riddled with corruption. Gen El Sisi, however, appears determined to establish a democratic system in which freedoms are guaranteed. He has shown no political agenda of his own and has enlisted the support of all political groups, save for the Brotherhood and its Islamist allies, and the nation’s top clerics." (thanks Basim)