Egypt Nears Completing the Circle

Egypt's trip from autocracy to democracy and back is nearly complete.  The world would not have been so surprised about the backslide had President Morsi not been so good at convincing us that he was a reformer.  Since he's taken office, the Muslim Brotherhood with all its Sunni (anti-freedom, anti-women, anti-semetic, anti-western) rhetoric, has tightened its stranglehold on the populace.  

Even more worrisome, Egypt is falling under Iran's spell just as Syria seems to be shaking itself of that very same drug.  Sunnis and Shias collaborating on spreading hatred and intolerance is a new and troubling development.  As Iran speeds towards a presidential election (and towards another sideshow in its circus of democracy), Egypt speeds away from its promise freedom and progress.  As always in the Middle East, things may not always be what they seem.