Well Mubarak has finally cut his losses and bugged out. Whether this will play out for the better or the much, much worse remains to be seen. He was a tyrant to be sure, but he was a predicable one at least. I remember well how he came to power; it was during a military parade when one of the vehicles broke ranks and drove up to Anwar Sadat, unloaded with automatic weapons, threw in some hand grenades for good measure and that was that.
Two possible outcomes that worry me are: the more radical elements of islam e.g., the Muslim Brotherhood, or any number of radical Islamists hijack the revolution and Al Qaeda wins the day. The other outcome that we should be concerned with? The peace treaty with Israel is not popular with the masses of Egyptians and I can’t even imagine how ugly the Middle East will get if they null and void it.
You gotta remember why Mubarak came to power in he first place; we already know the how, but the why is main worry here. After Sadat signed the first treaty with Israel, the radical elements of Islam issued a Fatwa on him and had him whacked by hit squad formed from his own military.
The only comic relief from this whole affair is watching The Obama administration putting the wishy in wishy washy. He kept sticking his finger in the air to check which way the wind was blowing, but I think he forgot to wet his finger first. He finally bet on the right horse yesterday, when the news media told him that it was a done deal and Mubarak was stepping down yesterday. Errr, it didn’t happen yesterday. Opps, that’s what you get when you put any faith in our news media.
I’m sure Obama is going to try to spin this event to try and make it look like it was all his idea. I got an idea Barry, why don’t you back the right horse in Iran the next time their people are fighting and dying in the streets trying to overthrow the most vile dictators on the planet. Obama thought it was above his pay grade and didn’t even open his mouth to give even passing support to the desperate people who with just a little non-military help would have had a fighting chance to neutralize that hot bed of terrorism.
Oh well, as Peter Jennings once said about President Bush at the beginning of 9/11,
“I guess some presidents are just better at it than others”
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| muslim brotherhood presser last Sunday |
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