[Prokopton]

Egyptian military wouldn't like being forced to live under Sharia Law any more than other non-MB Egyptians would.

"According to a Pew opinion survey of Egyptians from June 2010, 59 percent said they back Islamists. Only 27% said they back modernizers. Half of Egyptians support Hamas. Thirty percent support Hezbollah and 20% support al Qaida. Moreover, 95% of them would welcome Islamic influence over their politics… Eighty two percent of Egyptians support executing adulterers by stoning, 77% support whipping and cutting the hands off thieves. 84% support executing any Muslim who changes his religion.” Egyptian values, in other words, are far from liberal—even if some of the protesters currently out in the streets might be. This, of course, runs counter to the idea that has taken hold in many quarters: that the end of the Mubarak era will inexorably lead to democracy in the heart of the Arab world. But numbers don’t lie; Egyptian society as a whole is both religious and deeply conservative."

[abbyg55]

According to a Pew opinion survey of Egyptians from June 2010, 59 percent said they back Islamists. Only 27% said they back modernizers. Half of Egyptians support Hamas. Thirty percent support Hezbollah and 20% support al Qaida.

Thanks for the info. So even if the peaceful protestors are part of the 27% who back modernizers, a majority of Egyptians back the Islamists, which means they don't want a democracy. That leaves a Hobson's choice of a totalitarian regime under Mubarack or religious tyranny under MB.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

Do you have a link for your quote? Thanks

[ScreamingFist]

According to a Pew opinion survey of Egyptians from June 2010....

LOL! A Pew opinion survey......LOL! Dude, you might as well quote stalin.....

http://pewglobal.org/