His [ElBaradei] dropping in from outside Egypt to now be standing at the center of the protests brings back one parallel to the Shah of Iran back in ‘79 coming in to save the day, which didn’t end well at all.
Seriously? You got this fact wrong? Do I really have to point out what happened in Iran in 1979? Does the name Ayatollah Khomeini ring a bell? THAT was the fella that swooped in. The shah was deposed.
That said, Middle East analysis is that he’s an important symbol, figure head, direct challenge to Mubarak now also having aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood.
No again. It isn’t that ElBaradei is aligning with the Muslim Brotherhood It’s the other way around. They want him to speak for the coalition of anti-government groups.
The former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency told the crowd on Sunday night that “what we have begun cannot go back” referring to days of anti-government protests.
The National Coalition for Change, which groups several opposition movements including the Muslim Brotherhood, wants ElBaradei to negotiate with the Mubarak government.
