Pundits are seeing revolution everywhere in Bangladesh these days.  First there was the Shahbag revolution, which was supposed to start the second liberation war.  Now there is the Hefazot revolution, which is turning Bangladesh into Afghanistan via Syria.  And then there has been all the speculation about disturbances in the force.  In between, pundits (and fellow bloggers) have seen black-and-white birds, various flags, and politics that keep on getting deeper.  For all that talk, I think the most likely path of political change in Bangladesh is still through an election participated by both main parties.  I am going to eschew various deep analysis of these revolutions, and focus on some simple political calculations.

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