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My guess is that the devil is in the details. The new leaders in Egypt are not fools, and they know what they have to do to appease liberal elements in the US and Europe...but they will not allow ISlamic Fuundamentalist to rerail their country again.

Most truly dangerous Muslim Brotherhood harliners have already been detained and arrested.

I bet any remaining who end up getting appointed will have already been vetted and had it made it clear to them that they are going to be under a microscope with a 105mm rifled tank barrel on the other end.

In addition, they will be put where they can do the least harm...like Minister of Sand Dollar Collections on the Mediterannean Coast.

Oh? The general el-Sisi is a fundamentalist. The Nour Party is Salafist, and an initial supporter of Morsi’s deposement. Deputy PM El-Baradei openly declared that he would take Egypt to war with Israel if he led the country. The National Salvation Front is a very interesting collection of radicals, too.

" I bet any remaining who end up getting appointed will have already been vetted and had it made it clear to them that they are going to be under a microscope with a 105mm rifled tank barrel on the other end. In addition, they will be put where they can do the least harm...like Minister of Sand Dollar Collections on the Mediterannean Coast."

I've watched you over the years (even met you at some FR function) and believe you're a very smart man. I hope you're right. I hope it isn't a case of the new leadership simply trying to appease to get their billion dollars from the USA. Appeasement leads to submission and sometimes war or further war.

I would like to see Egypt go secular. It has so much amazing history that world should continue to experience. Of course, with their current situation, I wouldn't book a holiday to Cairo for $20. Actually, you would have to pay me $5000 at least to go to that country. And then, I would spend about $2000 on black covert body guards (think former SEALS, Delta, SF, Rangers, etc.)