How does one approach the arrogance, the unregenerate paternalism of the self-appointed ‘Policy Expert’ with all the qualifications needed to cow critics: the prestigious emeritus status bestowed by his fellow experts; is that  enough to render ‘serious’ criticism null set? Or are the emerging events of history, played out before our eyes, sufficient demonstration of failed policies and the bankruptcy of the notion of expertise, in the case of our ‘policy’ toward Egypt. Mr. Gelb continues to forcefully remind us of his status as ‘expert’ while we witness minute by minute the unraveling of what ‘expertise’ has wrought. Mr. Gelb manufactures neologisms by the handful to vent his anger at the democrats, who simply state the right of everyone to, at the least, assert their right to self-determination: the right, even the duty to make their own history, freeing themselves from tutelage, in the Kantian sense. But this cannot be tolerated when the Muslim Brotherhood is a part of the political equation: their presence is a threat to the carefully stage-managed ‘stability’ of ‘Middle East Policy’ as a, now, demonstrably failing set of policy imperatives. Mr. Gelb uses the usual fear-mongering, an American Tradition of long standing, to impugn the unmanageable, the seemingly inexplicable human desire for freedom and self-rule within the frame of a vital, energized civic republicanism- this is the point of our own political struggle, our own continuing attempts at achieving that laudable goal. The Egyptian People will struggle as we struggle, that is our common fate as Zoon Politikon.  When do we, as citizens and republicans, free ourselves from the self-serving, destructive notion of our political omniscience: it is too late for Mr. Gelb!