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FNC Middle East analyst Walid Phares on the unrest in Syria and the political outlook in Egypt.
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So let's talk more about the Middle East will we finally see president cycle quietly.
Releasing peace in 2013.
In Syria that could be Christmas wish her a lot of people let's look ahead to the future of the Middle East next year.
With best Wally Ferris Fox News Middle East terrorism analyst -- -- I'm glad you're here is you know this better than anyone.
Let's actually -- start with Egypt's you have president -- he just completes its his constitutional referendum and you say he's basically creating a took terra yet.
-- carry and -- Islamic state is that true.
What basically we see a lot of elections in Egypt I mean -- four election -- and a referendum one would tend to think what that's democracy movement forward.
But we saw in Germany and -- in the thirties that the election alone without acting as a democratic president.
I'm I'm going to be sufficient what's happening now in Egypt is despite the thought of a dictator.
What's happening is that and new authoritarian regime is being established by president more see evidence half of these people more.
Most of civil society judges journalists women.
Minorities workers are -- opposing more so because he's establishing -- almost been brotherhood.
Regime and opposing the other political bodies so it doesn't look like in 2015.
We're gonna see in more democratic Egypt -- the one that existed before.
What could pull its and then of everything they did it you know which seems like moons ago but it was lot last year.
They overthrow the government the people overthrow -- they want democracy.
And there are no more closer to it -- that.
Whether people want democracy but those who are leading the people want their own political party look at the French revolution did not end up with a democratic.
Republic after you know the first revolution day it took missed several one's debt to settle down so -- might actually see more revolution are more revolt in Egypt and is what you're saying in 2013.
In 2015 we -- -- -- see more -- against the Muslim Brotherhood and sell off the Islamist regime if you want -- gonna -- 888 clash between brotherhood trying to assert their power on the one hand.
And set of society's secular democratic movement -- do.
Dislodged OK so let's -- quickly what do these other countries Syria do you think.
That they will put in a transitional government for -- -- -- -- -- -- Look what -- is gonna happen between now and half -- 23 theme that I take months by months here.
Any cease fire signed today and we don't see that would need two to three months to stabilize the country.
The rebels be militia -- I'm not up for any agreement that would include mr.
asset.
Mr.
asset is very afraid of any agreement he would do with the rebels you know the end of the -- they gonna take -- out so unfortunate that the horizon is now at least the next.
Three to four months we don't see any agreement happening in Syria unless Russia and the United States will want to enforce that agreement.
Which yet so I -- whether we get involved as a whole this whole another show that's -- about direct and and weakening the regime are sanctions that really almost Sundays are comical aren't bad.
But look for 3040 years we have been putting those sanctions and claiming it is working.
What's happening is that the sanctions are working but not working on the Iraqi regime like they're working on the people on the Iranian people yes of course they are.
Under a lot of dressed.
What's happening now is that the Iran and regime is taken advantage of our incomplete sanctions to spread outside Iran.
They are penetrating Iraq that a lot of influence in Iraq.
By the -- because Syria that a bridge to Syria supporting the Assad's regime abridged what Lebanon with Hezbollah and -- destabilizing the average dividends and Iran is doing a lot of expansion what you are looking at those things and maybe buy miracle that would war.
-- he -- you're so terrific and my final question she was gonna be isn't really gonna be safer in 2013.
We've clearly answered.
Nowhere close -- our you gotta come back we gotta keep talking about the stuff.
He's not be happy thank you -- happy new year.
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