The voices that were raised in the Egyptian People's Council calling on the security bodies to open fire on the protestors on April 6 and the activities that followed can be linked to the positions and actions of the French politician Adolphe Thiers during the Paris Commune in 1871. Thiers - who did not content himself with words, but also led the forces that finished off the revolution of the Paris inhabitants and supervised the beheading of their leaders, in addition to killing and exiling thousands of revolutionists against the German occupation and the right-wing government, represents the peak which any politician could reach (and an educated one on top of that!), in standing against the social groups that need justice the most among the citizens. Perhaps this is the only similarity between him and his Egyptian successors. Perhaps the abovementioned conduct of deputies represents an unprecedented occurrence since the times of Thiers. No deputy who has assumed his post through democratic means dares to call for opening fire on a part of his potential voters. In fact, this sheds a bright light on the darkness that overshadows politics in our region. It goes without saying that the three Egyptian deputies, who wanted to see the protestors on April 6 killed in the streets, do not share the motives and reasons that provoked Thiers and other conservative politicians during the Commune which posed a real threat to a complete system of backward policies and values in the truest sense of the word. What exactly angered the deputies, in addition to what they described as the “slackness” of the security forces in deterring those protesting against the policies of the government and the entire political regime in Egypt, was what they considered as being the courage of a group that “receives money from external sides” to bluntly express its rejection of the hazy situation that surrounds the future of Egypt as a regime, a state, and a society. This great anger was coupled with the fact that the number of participants in the protest does not exceed a few hundred persons (in a country with over 80 million inhabitants). This revealed that extent of confusion from which a group of politicians suffer, with them not caring about the impact of what they say and are only concerned about affirming their adherence to the continuation of the status-quo. Discussing the allegations of the foreign funding of the Egyptian opposition is meaningless. Despite the shallow content of this issue and the little information which we can rest on, it has depleted itself after all the give and take. More important than this accusation is the fact that the “foreign sides” - who seek all the time to undermine stability and foment conflicts among the Egyptians – are in the eyes of the government and the opposition playing the role of a tool which can be held responsible for the repercussions of purely domestic issues and blamed for all the problems Egypt suffers from today. If the following factors are combined together: The exhausting observation of the formula upon which power will be transferred, the resignation of the state's commissions from practicing some of the simplest missions (as the “government” participates in the civil campaign for boycotting the red meat after its dramatic increasing prices, apparently in the absence of the censorship commissions), the increasing sectarian tension among the Copts and Muslims as it turned into a permanent picture on the “national” arena, and finally the growing power of the Muslim Brotherhood group in a way that gives it tremendous powers in thinking, innovating, and meeting – [if all these factors are combined], then they would prompt us into reaching conclusions that could be terrifying on the future of politics and society. The repercussions of what Egypt could witness in the near future do not only concern the Egyptians. Although Cairo's role has decreased during the past decades in the political and cultural fields, this should not conceal the fact that the Egyptian central position plays a [key] role in determining Arab destinies.
