So you live in Egypt? As BAD As Mubarak may well be, he has been a 'good' friend to US over these past many years. Yes, we in part bought his friendship, but what else is new.
You have NO first hand knowledge that this eruption is unlike the Iranian Revolution and to say you do is looking into a dark crystal ball. BamBam wants Mubarak gone that alone says it is NOT good for US!!! Regardless of what Krauthammer claims.
I cannot watch these so call news reports that just interview reporters somewhere in the darkness telling me who is behind this uprising... See now I remember how the Tea Party protest were reported and treated, and the Jon Stuart media, I do not care what cable network they collect their paychecks from are not credible to report squat!!!!
I have as much knowledge of the situation, apparently, as the Administration, and probably more. I rely on credible sources like Krauthammer.
“As BAD As Mubarak may well be, he has been a ‘good’ friend to US over these past many years. “
Guess you agree with Joe Biden that he is no dictator and Hilary Clinton that his regime is stable.
We paid Mubarak - A LOT - BILLIONS. Yeah, he helped us - sort of. BUT he also screwed us because he FAILED to create the kind of social atmosphere which would obviate the kind of revolution occurring here now, because he FAILED to move his country towards some kind of meaningful democracy. God knows he had the time and the money - OURS.
WE we pay the fiddler, he should play our damn tune. And one of our tunes must be no more business as usual with bloody tyrants unless they DEMONSTRATE they are changing their ways. The Egyptian military is full of leaders. We need another one now. A better choice than this bastard.
“BamBam wants Mubarak gone that alone says it is NOT good for US!!!”
Well, for right now. His position has been all over the map. And even a broken clock hits the right time on occasion.
What do YOU want? Our “ally” and his SS Vice President to order the military to fire on tens of thousands of peaceful demonstrators? Hey, THAT would bolster the Muslim Brotherhood’s recruitment rolls.
The Saudis want Mubarak to stay also. And they are such GREAT friends of ours.
“Regardless of what Krauthammer claims.”
I’ll take Krathammer’s opinion this over yours any day. He has a track record on foreign policy which is pretty good.
Some people are totally incapable of thinking “outside the box.”