[cripplecreek]

Who deposed Mubarak?

Pretty much the same people who overthrew Mosi. After all, according to some, the brotherhood is a tiny faction so they couldn't have overthrown Mubarak.

Its a muslim country of ever shifting factions like all muslim countries are. Mubarak was the balancer of the country and once he was gone Egypt was toast. Its not going to get better. We need to cut our losses and let them fight it out among themselves.

Our money would be better spent helping to defend our only friend in the region.

[old curmudgeon]

Yes and no.

I remember very well the period when Mubarak was under siege.

The Brotherhood was very much in evidence and many of us were very concerned that they would end up in control.

So yes, they may not be the majority, but they had the rabble rousing skills to pull it off.

Had Mubarak killed more of them, Egypt might be better off today but of course we will never know. We can only speculate.

That said, if the army manages to kill them all it will be a blessing to the world.