The army has a special place in its society. The people do want democracy, but they will be disdainful of Western critics whom they will see as utterly naive in the face of the threat to democracy that the Muslim Brotherhood posed.
埃及不是十九、二十世纪全球权力游戏的产物。它的古老文明可以回溯几千年，民族自豪感非常强烈。军队在社会中占有特殊地位。民众的确希望民主，但却对穆兄会民主威胁中在他们看来极端天真的西方评论家嗤之以鼻。