"Classified: Fiery Afterlife Clash Between Sadat and Mubarak Over Who Unleashed Sisi Upon Egypt

 

"Classified: Fiery Afterlife Clash Between Sadat and Mubarak Over Who Unleashed Sisi Upon Egypt"

Translation of the Original Text:

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A fierce and noisy altercation between President Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak,in which Sadat blamed and severely rebuked Mubarak for allowing his Defense Minister, Tantawi, to escalate and pave the way for Sisi, enabling the latter through his treachery and cunning to reach power and hijack Egypt, despite Omar Suleiman's rejection and warnings to Mubarak. Sadat expressed his dismay and sadness at the state Egypt has reached under Sisi's rule, shouting in Mubarak's face: 'I brought you from the barracks, taught you the principles of governance and politics, and entrusted you with the country, only for you to end up bringing a traitor and an agent and push him to the seat of power through your negligence. Were you drugged or asleep?!' Sadat then grabbed Mubarak by the collar in extreme anger until Nasser intervened and broke up the fight."

Explanation for International Readers:

This text is a highly creative and layered piece of political satire that uses a fictional, dramatic confrontation between deceased Egyptian presidents to deliver a sharp critique of the current political order. The satire functions as a form of historical revisionism to make a pointed argument about responsibility for the present.

How the Satire Works:

1. The Fictional Tribunal of History: The core device is placing past leaders in an imaginary afterlife setting to judge contemporary events. This allows the author to use respected (though complex) historical figures as mouthpieces for modern criticism. By having Anwar Sadat (President 1970-1981) blame Hosni Mubarak (President 1981-2011), the satire constructs a chain of blame that leads directly to the current president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

2. The Chain of Blame and Betrayal:

   · Sadat's Role: He is portrayed as the mentor who plucked Mubarak from the military ("the barracks") and groomed him for leadership. His fury represents the idea that the current regime is a betrayal of the republican, nationalist principles he and his predecessor embodied.

   · Mubarak's Alleged Failure: He is accused of the cardinal sin of poor succession planning. The satire claims he allowed his defense minister, Hussein Tantawi, to elevate Sisi within the military. This ignores the complex reality of the 2011-2013 transition but serves the narrative that the old regime is directly responsible for creating the new one.

   · The Warnings of Omar Suleiman: Including Omar Suleiman, Mubarak's powerful intelligence chief who briefly served as vice president in 2011, adds a layer of "I told you so." It suggests even figures within Mubarak's own security apparatus saw Sisi as a threat, making Mubarak's alleged negligence seem even worse.

3. The "Treachery and Cunning" of Sisi: The description of Sisi using "treachery and cunning" to "hijack Egypt" is the central political charge. It frames his rise not as a result of popular support or political process, but as a covert operation by the "deep state," ultimately enabled by Mubarak's blindness.

4. Nasser as the Ultimate Arbiter: The intervention of Gamal Abdel Nasser (President 1956-1970) is the final masterstroke. As the founder of the modern Egyptian republic and a pan-Arab icon, his presence elevates the confrontation. It implies that the current situation is so dire it requires the judgment of the nation's founding father, suggesting that Sisi's rule represents a fundamental break from the core ideals of the post-monarchy Egyptian state.

In essence, this satire is a political allegory. It uses a fictional family drama among Egypt's former leaders to argue a specific historical thesis: that the authoritarian structures of the past (Mubarak's state) directly gave birth to the authoritarian present (Sisi's state), and that this outcome is a betrayal of the original revolutionary ideals of the Egyptian republic represented by Nasser and, to a lesser extent, Sadat. It's a way of critiquing the present by putting the past on trial.