The Muslim Brotherhood and the Illusion of Power

 Foreign policy, security apparatus, issues of 'national security' -all under the control of the military. No wonder the US was seen to be supportive of the MB -why wouldn't they be?  The MB was a toothless government unlikely to disturb the status quo in relation to Israel.  Economically liberal and relatively democratic, these Islamists are the sort the US can live with. But that was before the military coup......

The Muslim Brotherhood and the Illusion of Power (Op-Med) (Kindle Location 20). German Marshall Fund. .

[...] The MB’s choice of acting alone and of being substantially

compliant with the military instead of helping to build a

democratic front during the roller coaster-like ups and

downs of the transitional period has so far seriously 

undermined the possibility of making the SCAF accountable to

democratic forces.

Looking at the long history of the Brotherhood, one is led to

believe that the MB played the old strategy of searching for

a political compromise with the regime (this time repre-

sented by the SCAF) at the expense of a truly democratic

posture. Will this strategy pay off in the long run? Link

This article was published in 2012