He'd better. At this point he needs to be mulling over whether he wants his exit strategy to look like Ferdinand Marcos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos#Post-presidency) or Nikolai Ceaucescu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceaucescu#Death)
But, as I understand it, Suleiman hasn't left yet- and he directly controls the secret police and, for practical purposes, controls the upper command of the military as well.
If Egypt is to be free, losing Mubarak won't be enough. Suleiman and the old guard of the Egyptian army need to be pushed aside, too- otherwise we're looking at another military dictatorship.
Yes, I'm afraid they'll end up with "Meet your new boss, same as the old boss."
In other news, Iran's Ahmedinejad is basically taking credit for the Egyptian protests. The last thing Egypt needs is that loudmouth convincing the Western World (which for political purposes includes Israel) that Egypt will end up with an Islamic theocracy just like Iran's.
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Date: 2011-02-11 04:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-11 04:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-11 04:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-11 04:45 pm (UTC)If Egypt is to be free, losing Mubarak won't be enough. Suleiman and the old guard of the Egyptian army need to be pushed aside, too- otherwise we're looking at another military dictatorship.
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Date: 2011-02-11 07:47 pm (UTC)In other news, Iran's Ahmedinejad is basically taking credit for the Egyptian protests. The last thing Egypt needs is that loudmouth convincing the Western World (which for political purposes includes Israel) that Egypt will end up with an Islamic theocracy just like Iran's.
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Date: 2011-02-13 04:10 am (UTC)And so far, nobody is believing him.
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Date: 2011-02-11 05:11 pm (UTC)http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/2007829161423657345.html
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Date: 2011-02-11 05:34 pm (UTC)