American analogy to the events in Egypt, part 1 - summary of where the story left off when Mubarak resigned

This morning I saw a blog post that tries to explain the recent events in Egypt by using an analogy to America (http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/special-report-bret-baier/blog). Likewise, I have had a lot of American friends ask me to explain the recent events in Egypt and I have been planning to write something similar to this. I think the post above does a decent job but it doesn't quite capture the radical nature of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups in Egypt such as the Salafis. It also does not capture a lot of the important details. So here is my version of it.

Many of those who have seen only what is on American news have expressed a sense of frustration and irritation with the Egyptian people. They only see a group of whiny, insolent children who don't understand democracy and if they aren't happy with their elected choice after a few months, they will just protest about it and cause chaos until they drive leaders out instead of abiding by the democratic process. "Surely the next president of Egypt will be ousted in the same way," they claim.

This impression has formed because during the 30 months between Mubarak's removal in February 2011, and Morsy's removal in July 2013, the world has heard nothing about what has been happening in Egypt.

Being of Egyptian decent and having been born and raised in America, I have stayed informed about the developments during that period. Here is an analogy help you put the situation into perspective.

Before going into the analogy, here is what happened last time on 'Egypt - a People's Revolution!'

On February 11, 2011, Hosni Mubarak, went on TV in Egypt and announced that he was stepping down as president. He appointed Tantawi, the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Egypt, as the interim national leader and then left. This was in response to continuous protests by 1 to 3 million people in a few locations across the country since January 25, 2011.

Next up - a summary of what happened during the 30 months that you don't know about. That's where the analogy will start...