- Edit 1Before modification by fionwe1987 at 14/09/2010 04:06:51 AM
In the first place, she's not really a ruler (or shouldn't be, which is the Tower's fault, not hers), and in the second place, she hasn't had to do anything as a ruler yet.
Huh? Eradicating the Blacks among the Rebels wasn't the act of a ruler? Or sending Nynaeve and Elayne to hunt for the Bowl of the Winds? What about sending Logain to help Rand? Refusing a rescue from the Tower to ensure that the Rebels and the Loyalists won't be irreparably split? Organizing the defense against the Seanchan? Making Sitters and Sisters from various Ajahs work towards healing the rifts Alviarin caused?
All of her actions have been about political power and opportunism.
Yes, because ruling and political power are polar opposites.
She led the Rebels, initially in name only, later on in fact. Within the Tower, she did what Elaida should have been doing as Amyrlin.I have criticized her policies, because she hasn't had any yet.
Ignoring the factual error in there, you do realize this is our point, right? You criticize Egwene with no basis. If you can criticize Egwene's policies while believing she has had no policies, you can make no claim to rational argument.
The whole book has been about her campaign for office.
No, it has been about her winning a civil war as the leader of the rebel faction. Read the damn books!