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I'm no fan of the brotherhood either but surely your hatred for them doesn't allow you to accept and defend the slaughter of over 1000 helpless civilians on the streets? Wrong is wrong no matter who commits it and who it is committed against. The Egyptian government has zero credibility...

That's possibly true, but what some of them don't realise is that, supporting the military in all its actions will eventually lead to a military totalitarian state where no ones views or rights are respected, which may already be the case actually.

Just like they had no role during Morsi's time in: 1 - increased fuel prices 2 - lack of availability of flour to make bread 3- intermittent electricity supplies all of which magically disappeared following the coup of course. It's terribly obvious that Mubarak's mates are still running the...

Regardless of what your thoughts are on the MB, supporting the actions of the military makes you a lot worse than the MB. Maybe the MB wasn't heading Egypt in the right direction, but supporting a military coup against an elected government 12 months after it was elected is wrong and...

Btw my post was meant to say "There is nothing wrong in principle with the Egyptian president being a US ally"

It is only natural as you say for the US constantly try and exert its control in the Middle East. But the US won't be around forever - it will probably never economically recover from its fall and as such it may start pulling it military out of many parts of the world - it may even collapse...

There is nothing in principle with the Egyptian president being a US ally - the issue lies in the fact that Mubarak was a massive US ally and the US was happy with him completely oppressing the people as long he acted in a manner that pushed the US agenda forward in the Middle East. The people...

In terms of trust, Baradei and Moussa are doubtful in that they could both potentially be Western stooges. Though I'd say Baradei probably has a touch more credibility.

Apparently he joined the protests in Tahrir Square though

President, prime-minister - same shite - head of state.

From BBC: Reacting to the latest developments, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy says: "I hope with all my heart for Egypt's nascent democracy that they take time to create the structures and principles that will help them find the path to democracy and not another form of dicatorship...

Even if he steps down who's going to make the military step back? That's the real question.

Aww their best buddy not following instructions any more?

I hope you're right but for some reason I doubt it - the army has been sucking the country dry for decades, whether tens or millions are up against them, the upper echelons of the army will not simply give up their business interests for the good of everyone - they have been looking after their...

Mubarak is one of the armies own, they won't turn against him - the army controls Egypt - they will never want to peacefully hand over power to civilians - they have too many business interests.