After having talked of legitimacy, the democracy of ballot boxes, the democratically elected civilian president and other such notions, the Muslim Brotherhood refuses to admit that the rule of Doctor Mohamed Morsi had failed to meet people's hopeful expectations and disappointed those who had supported him and voted in his favor, from among non-Islamists and even from among the "Lemon Squeezers" – those who, although known for their stances in opposition to Islamists, were forced to vote for Morsi out of spite for Air Marshal Ahmed Shafik. The Brotherhood, even during the year in which it governed and controlled Egypt's affairs, constantly rejected the accusations leveled at the elected president of failing to manage the affairs of the state, and adopted a discourse that warned against the media of "foreign agents", against "the Pharaoh's sorcerers" from among reporters and journalists, and against "Western agents" from among politicians and remnants of the former regime, "who seek to return to the past". And it would always blame every failure on "meddling fingers", "obstructionist parties", and "institutions hostile to the Revolution", reaching the conclusion that "the Deep State has been fighting against change, thwarting every achievement initiated by Mosri, and discrediting him among the people every time it feels that his popularity might be growing". Morsi himself never missed an opportunity, in his addresses and speeches to family and tribe, to hint and insinuate at times, and declare and state at others, pointing to specific names and parties, and accusing them of being involved in a plot to sabotage the Renaissance Project. He, along with all of the Muslim Brotherhood's prominent figures and electronic committees, always sought to clear himself of accusations of failure, of falling short or of focusing on "Brotherhoodization" and giving it priority ahead of concerns for people's needs and for the affairs of the state. And every time a crisis would erupt, responsibility for it would quickly be evaded by referring it to the "Deep State", which is fighting the new regime and seeks to overwhelm it. No matter how diverse the crises might be, or how different their aspects and effects on people, the justification for the President and for the Brotherhood would always be the same. Thus, the "Deep State" has been the cause of the fuel crisis, rising prices, traffic congestion, judicial verdicts, security unrest, demonstrating protesters... and even the worsening garbage problem! This was to such an extent that, in one of his famous speeches, Morsi, after expressing his sympathy for citizens and his understanding of their anger at electric power cuts, told them that the reason for this was an employee affiliated with the "Deep State" who every day "pulls the plug" on their electricity! All of this is well known, and people have come to understand its reasons. Indeed, the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters will never admit that the democratically elected President had failed to manage Egypt's affairs, that his policies were among the reasons for the revolution against him, that "Brotherhoodization" made Brotherhood sympathizers turn against it, or that the greatest Arab country was being run from a suburban building located at the top of Mokattam Hills, home to the headquarters of the Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau. Let us leave aside all other reasons for the failure of the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood, or the clash between the President and state institutions such as the Judiciary, the police, the army, and the media, or even his failure to manage the conflict with this "Deep State" and to subdue it, so that it may find itself forced to admit to the de facto situation. Let us instead take note of the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood believes what it says and is not pretending. Thus, after the Brotherhood has been overwhelmed by the "Deep State", it now seeks to overwhelm the new government in the same way and with the same methods, and through the "Deep State" as well! Indeed, the Brotherhood is not just expressing its anger at the fact that Morsi was deposed and toppled in the form of protests or demonstrations, or even by inciting the West, foreign nations and international organizations, and by summoning foreign intervention. It has also resorted to "harassing" the people, and has sought to affect the way of life of Egyptians, to do harm to their means of livelihood and to obstruct their businesses, whether by blocking roads, gathering in metro stations, withdrawing funds from banks all at once, or placing obstacles before students in schools and universities, and other such actions that should make people, as the Brotherhood believes, rise up in a revolution against the new government! It is as if the "Deep State" were the cause for the downfall of any ruling regime, not just that of the Muslim Brotherhood. Yet the latter has failed to notice this time as well, just as it has failed to notice many other things in the past, that the "Deep State" stands against it whether it is in power or in the opposition, and thus that the cause of its downfall will never become its means of salvation.
