tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post5867056373253840358..comments2024-02-20T10:31:15.121-05:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Egypt's Interim Cabinet: Which One Do You Notice First?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-75661888711175148762013-07-18T11:50:00.553-04:002013-07-18T11:50:00.553-04:00EL SISI'S "FIELD MARSHALL" PROBLEM:
...EL SISI'S "FIELD MARSHALL" PROBLEM:<br />Whether by tradition or by law, a field marshall must have served in a real war. El Sisi was too young and so he missed the last one Egypt participated in. It will be interesting to see how they work their way around this in the future. <br /><br />Mohammed Morsi, shortly before his exit, seemed to be offering El Sisi just such a war when he informed thousands at a Syria rally that he would be sending in his army; of course, he had not mentioned this to anyone beforehand and El Sisi publically disavowed the idea, stating that the purpose of the army was to defend the homeland.<br /><br />There are definately two Christians, but I'm not sure who the third is. it was a pretty clever move to have the champion of the "independent" trade unions in the manpower ministry after those products of the 2011 revolution were refused recognition by the SCAF or MB government. Presumably, that will change. The government-controlled unions are, needless to say, furiouslAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com