"Chief of Egypt’s Army Warns of ‘Collapse’ as Chaos Mounts"

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/world/middleeast/egypt-protest-updates.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&ref=world

Many Egyptians are unsettled with the change in government and power they've seen in their country after the Arab Spring. From this article, I gathered that a good portion of the population does not actually view Mohamed Morsi as being an "Egpytian President," but rather as being a "Muslim Brotherhood's President." 

The differing political forces in the country have been creating a clashing of ideas and unrest. The President's choice to instate a month long state of emergency in Port Said, as well as two other regions in the Suez Canal zone, has led to rioting and violence. Furthermore, Morsi has failed to reform the justice system, and police officers and soldiers who kill civilians in riots are not being punished for their actions. 

Port Said has declared itself an independent city, unwilling to be lumped inw ith the Muslim Brotherhood. Citizens have begun lighting tires on fire to screen themselves from tear gas, birdshot, and, bullets. Sunday, the death toll rose to at least seven civilians. 

If Egypt doesn't find a way to unify itself and make compromises politically, then the Arab Spring will have been for nothing. 


John W