[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

What this boils down to is that the despotic autocrat we propped up (Mubarek) succeeded in crushing all political opposition other than the Muslim Brotherhood. The reason for this is that they organized within the mosques of the country and even a despot in an Islamic country cannot attack people inside of mosques. There were no secular resistance groups whatsoever.

Accordingly, in the election, people had a choice between Mubarek's Prime Minister and a representative of the only organized group that wasn't attached to Mubarek's reign. It was a close call, but the non-Mubarek won.

In a nut shell.

John