Wh Egypt bloodbath be stopped?

As a frequent visitor to Egypt, I have never seen the country as deeply polarized along ideological, social, and political lines as it is today — horizontally and vertically. The current fight pits the Muslim Brothers and their Islamist allies against the military-backed government and a sizeable segment of Egyptians who rally around the flag and populism. Religious frame of reference is pitted against a deeply entrenched nationalist identity that is centuries-old.