Sisi or Nono

Egypt has selected general Sisi as its new president in a purportedly democratic election.  About 44% of the electorate voted, and Sisi got 93% of the vote.  In an unintentionally hysterical bit of commentary, much of the media is saying that the legitimacy of the election is undermined by the low turnout.  Really?  The man gets 93% of the vote in a country that is horribly divided and the focus of the media is on the low turnout?  Clearly, those who voted understood, or at least feared, that votes for anyone other than Sisi would have dangerous consequences.  This vote in Egypt is about as legitimate as the claim of Vladimir Putin that Russia had nothing to do with the voting in Crimea.

That being said, general Sisi will now be president of Egypt.  Hopefully, he will be able to put down the opposition of the Islamist Moslem Brotherhood and return Egypt to stability.  The Middle East needs a stable Egypt if it is to have any hope of returning to any semblance of order.