World press on Egypt's president (November 22, 2012)

"Analysis: Egypt's President Morsi feted for negotiating role" is an
article published today by the Telegraph. "How did a hardline,
anti-American Islamist who believes that the 9/11 attacks were an
"inside job" become Washington's new best friend in the Middle East?"
the author asks at the beginning of the article. Despite the Islamist
viewpoint of Mr. Morsi, the article continues, the "change in Egypt is
not so far proving the disaster for Israel, or America, that it might
have been, and maybe the events of the last week should be regarded as
part of Israel's testing of these new waters."
"For Israel, Mr Morsi's ideological position has another great
advantage: it means that America can no longer disengage, when it
suits its domestic politics to do so. Israel delayed the ceasefire for
24 hours until it could be announced with Mrs Clinton standing in
Egypt. The message was clear - that America is now as much a guarantor
of Hamas's actions, via its ally Egypt, as Egypt itself. That puts a
heavy onus on America's understanding of Mr Morsi being correct, that
the Muslim Brotherhood can, in time, become a like-minded player with
Turkey and Qatar in the broader Middle East "soft Islamist" alliance.
These are countries that pursue policies compatible with the West's,
whatever their domestic ideology."
In conclusion, the author of the article states that "that is no done
deal. Mr Morsi may just be biding his time, until Egypt is in a
stronger political and economic position. But then that is the trouble
with democracies - their politics can shift. No country can ever be a
totally reliable "sub-contractor", for as Palmerston said, nations
have no permanent friends or allies, only permanent interests."