To the average Egyptian, news that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces had taken charge of the country and, surprisingly, had vowed to go forward with the elections already scheduled for September was seen as a resounding victory for the Tahrir Square protestors and their compatriots in Alexandria and other cities.

Red Lines: Preserving Peace with Egypt
Feb. 21, 2011
by James Colbert

To the average Egyptian, news that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces had taken charge of the country and, surprisingly, had vowed to go forward with the elections already scheduled for September was seen as a resounding victory for the Tahrir Square protestors and their compatriots in Alexandria and other cities.

The announcement, carried live on state television, also contained in it the promise that law and order would be swiftly restored, a supremely important issue for Egyptians shocked by the anarchy and wanton criminality that gripped their cities for the past several weeks.

In Washington and Jerusalem, however, attention was focused on the Council’s pledge to honor previously signed treaties including, it was inferred, the 1979 peace treaty with Israel.

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