Mubarak was so paranoid that anyone he perceived as competent became a threat to him. - Wael Ghonim

The regime's policies, whether intentionally or unintentionally, had engendered a sharp divide between Muslims and Christians, in spite of the fact that generations of Muslims and Coptic Christians had lived together peacefully in the past. The regime was good at utilizing this divide to create a perception that without Mubarak in power, Egyptians would break out into sectarian warfare. As a result, Mubarak managed to market his police state successfully to the international community as the lesser of two evils.

كان غياب البديل فى رأيى أحد خطط الأنظمة القمعية لإقناع الشعوب أنهم يحصلون على أفضل المعروض. وكان النظام المصرى ينفذ هذه الخطة بإحكام, أى شخص له شعبية أو يمكن أن يبزغ كبديل يجب أن يُقضى, أو يتم تشويهه.

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