And The Egyptian People's Response to the dictators speech was a Unified and Resounding:
“The People... Want... To Topple The Regime!"
“The People... Want... To Topple The Regime!"
“The People... Want... To Topple The Regime!"
“The People... Want... To Topple The Regime!"
“The People... Want... To Topple The Regime!"
“The People... Want... To Topple The Regime!"
Leave! Leave! Leave
Leave! Leave! Leave
"Time is up!"
"... A special envoy dispatched to Egypt by President Barack Obama told Hosni Mubarak that the U.S. saw his presidency at an end and urged him not to seek another term in office while preparing for an orderly transition to real democracy in elections, American officials said Tuesday.
The message was delivered to Mubarak on Monday by Frank Wisner,....Wisner and Mubarak are friends and the officials said the two had a back-and-forth discussion in which each provided the other with their perspectives on developments. Wisner's message was disclosed as the Obama administration ramped up outreach to the hundreds of thousands determined to force their long-time leader out of power...
The moves signaled that after a week of carefully balancing support for protesters and its close ally of three decades, the U.S. has decided that continued backing for Mubarak as president was untenable..."
Posted by G, Z, or B at 4:15 PM
Mubarak is not yielding power - imperial grip on Egypt still firm
Mubarak just addressed the Egyptian nation. He promised not to run in the next election, but he wants to rule through the transition period. Bottom line - the USraelian Empire is resolutely refusing to let go of Egypt.
Mubarak also said "I will die on the soil of Egypt"; translation: I am not following Ben Ali to Saudi Arabia.
Mubarak appeared to be as out of touch with reality as the Shah was in Tehran.
Mubarak appeared to be as out of touch with reality as the Shah was in Tehran.
Your opinion? Any option left to avoid a bloodbath? A military coup maybe?
Posted by VINEYARDSAKER: at 16:12
Mubarak defiant: it is Israel (and US), stupid
He has just given his speech. He is bizarrely defiant. Says that he won't seek another term, as if this was the issue. He hit hard against the protesters and even addressed the "peasants and workers of Egypt" (like when Trotsky gave his first speech in New York City and addressed the crowd in the Bronx as "workers and peasants of the Bronx").
He is so weird: he talks like he is still in control and talks about a process that will last for months. The man is going to leave but with Egypt in flames behind them. The situation only got more tense and more potentially explosive.
But I will say this: this defiance does not come out of nowhere. I can't believe that this is the same leader who is rejected by his own people before TV cameras. He even reminded us of his military role: yes brag of the defeats of 1967 and 1973. But I speculate this: Israel so freaked out, and it was so clear and blatant. They realized that peace with Egypt won't survive. So the US scrambled: sent an envoy to Cairo: realized that there is no US puppet to lead the country so the scenario of defiance was adopted.
His tone and stance of defiance is matched by the rhetoric of the Obama administration which is clear in its avoidance of the issues of democracy in Egypt. And don't forget that many racists lead the US policy making in the Middle East (people like Feltman at State and Shapiro at NSC) and they concur with Kaplan's racist dictum about the Arabs and democracy.
US is digging itself in a bigger hole, as we speak. Aljazeera is now silent: in the sense it is showing the protesters at Tahriri Square and they are in a state of rage that is even scary from my living room.
The man is asking for trouble: they will physically push him out if he does not leave. Israel wants him to fight to the last Egyptian. But that won't work.
He is so weird: he talks like he is still in control and talks about a process that will last for months. The man is going to leave but with Egypt in flames behind them. The situation only got more tense and more potentially explosive.
But I will say this: this defiance does not come out of nowhere. I can't believe that this is the same leader who is rejected by his own people before TV cameras. He even reminded us of his military role: yes brag of the defeats of 1967 and 1973. But I speculate this: Israel so freaked out, and it was so clear and blatant. They realized that peace with Egypt won't survive. So the US scrambled: sent an envoy to Cairo: realized that there is no US puppet to lead the country so the scenario of defiance was adopted.
His tone and stance of defiance is matched by the rhetoric of the Obama administration which is clear in its avoidance of the issues of democracy in Egypt. And don't forget that many racists lead the US policy making in the Middle East (people like Feltman at State and Shapiro at NSC) and they concur with Kaplan's racist dictum about the Arabs and democracy.
US is digging itself in a bigger hole, as we speak. Aljazeera is now silent: in the sense it is showing the protesters at Tahriri Square and they are in a state of rage that is even scary from my living room.
The man is asking for trouble: they will physically push him out if he does not leave. Israel wants him to fight to the last Egyptian. But that won't work.
Posted by As'ad at 1:11 PM
Two scenarios
1) people would storm that the presidential palaces and TV station and government headquarters;
2) the Army would take over and oust him.
He clearly adopted the Netanyahu-Obama option of disregarding the will of the Egyptian people and staying in power at all cost. It is all for you, Israel. I want to see Arab public opinion vis-a-vis the US after this.
The US is cooking a dirty plot reminiscent of the 1950s plot, but this time it is much more clumsy.
2) the Army would take over and oust him.
He clearly adopted the Netanyahu-Obama option of disregarding the will of the Egyptian people and staying in power at all cost. It is all for you, Israel. I want to see Arab public opinion vis-a-vis the US after this.
The US is cooking a dirty plot reminiscent of the 1950s plot, but this time it is much more clumsy.
Reports of clashes in Alexandria
Armed goons are provoking protesters in Alexandria. This is the keep-Mubarak-scenario of Israel/US.
Uprooted Palestinian
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