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It's all about if the military still got his back. Plus there's no way the western countries wanna see him go cause they're scared of the Muslim Brotherhood winning a real democratic election.
Quote from: Fraxxx on January 28, 2011, 03:23:40 PMIt's all about if the military still got his back. Plus there's no way the western countries wanna see him go cause they're scared of the Muslim Brotherhood winning a real democratic election.Dude.. the Military rode through Cairo and they were supposed to stop the protests, but instead the protesters were jumpin up on top of the tanks and people were cheering and the military didn't stop them! This was after Egypts government had just set a no tolerance stance against protesters!
Exactly. If the military isn't backing him up anymore what's Mubarak gonna do?
I think this has all been staged managed, but then again, I am very cynical, maybe I am wrong. I think this has been in the offing for a while, nothing on this scale happens spontaneously. My take on this is that simply put the puppet who has been appointed as leader of Egypt for the last 30 years, was notified that there would be a change in leadership. I think the decision was made for 2 reasons really, firstly he is 82 years old and so I am sure he is physically and mentally waning somewhat and becomes harder for him to maintain respect. More importantly though, the political elite recognised the very real anger and unrest boiling under the surface and therefore allowed this to happen. However they won't allow it to happen with a peaceful handover, this is now about expending the energy, the anger the emotion of the people and therefore when they finally do "bow to pressure" the people feel like they have won and the honey moon period of any new political leader begins. I also noticed how the British government and for that matter the American government is said it is reviewing aid. There is of course no doubt that he ruled with an iron fist, but he has been allowed to rule with an iron fist. but this is too organised, this is just playing out like yet another game. The thing is, it doesn't matter what replaces the current leader because it's all about perceptions and after all, they don't want to have fought this battle for nothing.