This weekend's runoff election managed by the US backed military junta (SCAF) in Egypt was characterized by allegations of fraud and low voter turnout.
In the run-offs over the weekend, Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister under ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak faced Mohamed Mursi, the candidate of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Both Shafiq and Mursi are right-wing representatives of the Egyptian ruling class, hostile to the social and democratic aspirations of the Egyptian revolution and widely discredited amongst the Egyptian masses.I don't agree with the author's statement that "These events exposed the 'democratic transition' organized by the junta since the beginning of the Egyptian Revolution as a political fraud." This grossly exaggerates political operative's ability to instigate virulent mass upheavals even if they wanted to, which they don't because of unpredictable outcomes. The Egyptian junta in collaboration with Empire operatives have so far been able to contain this popular opposition by channeling the anger through carefully managed elections. See this explanation for what happened in Egypt and nearby countries that were infected by the Arab Spring virus. For Empire operatives the promotion of carefully managed elections has proven time and again to be effective in containing dissent whether in Egypt or Wisconsin.