And, because both sides have opted for armed struggle, the outcome will be civil war, regardless of what well-intentioned European Union foreign ministers decide in Brussels. The Islamists cannot win militarily, just as the generals cannot win politically, which all but ensures the return of dictatorship, significant violence, and a series of humanitarian disasters.
不仅埃及是如此，整个中东几乎都是如此。而由于双方都选择了武装斗争之路，结果将是内战，不管心怀好意的欧盟外交部长们将在布鲁塞尔做出什么决定。伊斯兰教无法在军事上取胜，一如将军们无法再政治上取胜，这将确保独裁、严重暴力和一系列人道主义灾难卷土重来。