To a significant extent, the generals are looking at a self-inflicted wound. They have failed to lay out any long-term vision for Egypt's future. That sows confusion and contention among those who risked so much to give Egypt another chance to join the 21st Century. Absent such a vision, the Tahrir Square protestors are chaotically clamoring for an unconnected series of populist "fixes."
But, as Egypt apparently must learn the hard way, populism is not policy.
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