Long used to wielding power, the military had become increasingly wary of Mubarak’s efforts to groom his son as his successor. Yet today’s heady talk of freedom cannot obscure the reality that the people’s “revolution” has so far led only to a direct military takeover, with the decades-old emergency law still in force and the country’s political direction uncertain.
在埃及，正是军队的倒戈最终导致了前总统穆巴拉克30年独裁统治的垮台。当时善于操弄权力的军队已经对穆巴拉克传位给其子的动向日渐担忧。但如今对自由的高谈阔论却难以掩盖这场人民“革命”最终演变成一场军事接管的事实，数十年的紧急状态法依然有效，而国家的政治方向却难以捉摸。