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Source: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=247083
Egypt: The Army Cannot Relinquish Power Because There Is No One to Take Over
(Jerusalem Post) Zvi Mazel - The notions of dialogue and compromise are still foreign to an Egyptian society reeling after a very long period of living under a dictatorship. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has been conducting a dialogue with the Muslim Brothers from the day it took power in the hope that former and present-day officers could maintain their hold on at least a third of the Egyptian economy. Secular parties do not want the army to have a special status, but only the army can prevent the establishment of an Islamic state. The writer is a former Israeli ambassador to Egypt.