'It is a great tragedy when a people, having learnt from too many lessons from previous governments, have come to expect nothing but disappointment and despair from their current government.
It is a worse tragedy, when their government, through its own lack of vision and leadership, proves the people right, in their despair.'
It would seem that the lives and livelihoods of of ordinary Egyptians are despised and cursed by their government.
Indeed, since there tends to be little or no difference between any of the autocratic Egyptian administrations.
Whether it be Mubarak's or Al Sisi, or, some of the others preceding these, such as Sadat's, one could conclude that the Egyptian State despises the ordinary people.
Only the rich, the big and powerful men counts.
So, in their desire to become 'big and powerful', Egypt might have become the land of 'dogs eat dogs', as corruption and mal-administration and poor governance reign supreme.
It is bad enough when your government, at least, a government which, when it pleases it, might claim to represents you, in the best of times, have little or no regard for your welfare.
When 'your government', which is supposed to promote your welfare, perpetrates and perpetuates policies which prolong your state of poverty and misery.
But even worse, the gods help - if only they could - you when some among you might raise their hands against the government.
And when the government, adopting that 'ancient method of warfare', of treating everybody the same, and respond to any armed attacks "with an Iron Fist."
A response which makes very little of no differentiation between 'the enemy', 'the insurgent' and the civilian population.
But lumps everybody together, and judge 'the river', 'the pool' , and not just the 'enemy' and 'the insurgent' who live amongst the civilians, as all enemies of the state.
Resolving to kill them all, as we have seen in the response of many countries, especially when they are fighting away from their home territories. Be it Viet Nam, Japan, Biafra, Yemen, Syria, Libya, the current Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, et al.
To be continued.
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