Mubarek to step down ...

News reports are saying he may step down tonight and turn control of the government over to his new vice-president. There's still a lot of controversy as many of the protestors see the vp to be just as overhanded as Mubarak.
 
Right now listening to interviews with protesters saying the VP is not acceptable. It's a first step but it won't make them go away.
 
I wonder what would happen if someone started a Facebook page calling for the resignation of our president? I wonder how fast it would grow and if it did grow quickly; how many people would show up for a called demonstration? If there were a 100K people demonstrating on Pennsylvania Ave calling for him and the VP to resign, would they? Would they call in the military to disperse everyone?

I guess my question really boils down to is; do you believe massive protests for leadership change result in such change?
 
Here's some conflicting information.

A senior Egyptian official confirms to Fox News that President Hosni Mubarak will step down shortly and transfer authority to the Egyptian Higher Council of the Armed Forces -- but Egypt's information minister tells Reuters that "the president is definitely not going to step down."
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/10/developing-egyptian-president-mubarak-respond-protester-demands/
 
This is a mess. I guess he meant something a little different than we thought when he said that he planned to die in Egypt. That fool is going to be killed by the people if he doesn't just hand it over.
 
He's turned authority over to his vp, but will remain in office until after the elections in September. I think we'll see riots there again.
 
This will not hold until then. There already is talk of moving the demonstrations closer to his residence. This is going to get much uglier. Unless the military steps in and simply takes over the government this is going to get really, really ugly.
 
Panetta is an idiot appointed by Obama. It was very stupid of him as the CIA director to make any comment to the public about Mubarak, especially if he's basing it on news reports. As they CIA director, the only person outside the CIA he should be giving any comments to about Egypt is the POTUS. He's an idiot and another example of Obama's inability to select the right people for positions of importance.
 
Apparently Panetta was not the only one that relied on news media for their info. You would think however; as director of the CIA he would use intelligence instead of left wing news outlets. LOL
 
Exactly ng and then have the common sense to not make any statements to the news media.
 
I see that Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as president of Egypt and has handed power to the military. I guess that's what's known as a military coup.

The comment of Mubarak's deputy, Omar Suleiman, is "May God help everybody" – a relevant sentiment in the circumstances, probably.
 
Now it gets really interesting. It will be very interesting to see what direcetion this administration will take.
 
Foxmeister said:
Now it gets really interesting. It will be very interesting to see what direcetion this administration will take.
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Indeed. The future is a big question mark. Mubarak was Israel's greatest Arab ally, and probably the US's greatest ally as well. Will that continue? An army coup doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in principle, much less in such as delicate area of the world as Egypt is in. And there are Islamist groups, like the Muslim Brotherhood, hovering in the wings, and we don't know how much power these groups might get in the wash-up that must be to come.
 
Ridingthewave said:
Foxmeister said:
Now it gets really interesting. It will be very interesting to see what direcetion this administration will take.
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Indeed. The future is a big question mark. Mubarak was Israel's greatest Arab ally, and probably the US's greatest ally as well. Will that continue? An army coup doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in principle, much less in such as delicate area of the world as Egypt is in. And there are Islamist groups, like the Muslim Brotherhood, hovering in the wings, and we don't know how much power these groups might get in the wash-up that must be to come.
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Not just Egypt's future but perhaps the future of the Middle East. Praying the removal of Mubarak is the best thing for the Egyptian people.
 
naturegirl said:
Not just Egypt's future but perhaps the future of the Middle East. Praying the removal of Mubarak is the best thing for the Egyptian people.
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Absolutely. It's all quite scary. Equally, it could be a change for the better for almost everyone.
 
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