The honeymoon between Pakistan's powerful military establishment and the newly elected civilian government appears to be short-lived.
Nawaz Sharif, the main opposition leader, seems not to want to bring down a civilian government before elections are due.
The former President was removed from power in February, and most Egyptians believed a new civilian government would be in place by now.
Pervez Musharraf, in his Pakistan day address, also credited his regime with paving the way for the return to civilian government.
Now we see that what civilian government wants to do in Turkey can only be checked at the ballot box, not the generals anymore.
These days, under General Ashfaq Kayani, the soldiers know it is wiser to rule from behind the scenes, with a weak civilian government taking the blame for the country's problems.
The Burmese President is a former general who assumed the leadership of the new nominally civilian government this year, and he's increasingly seen as a genuine force for change.
Fifteen years on, hope still seems a frivolous indulgence, despite plans by the ruling junta to stage an election this year that will lead to a notionally civilian government.
