Egypt in Chaos, Part 6

Mubarak to Step Down:
The March of Millions at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt led to more chaos today. However the people, no matter what political affiliation, are all allied against President Hosni Mubarak which has kept the chaos level to a minimum. This led to a press conference where Mubarak said he would step down and not seek re-election but would wait out until his term was over in September. This only fueled the people's anger. The only chaotic elements of this was when supporters of Mubarak clashed with the protesters. Obama then came out and called for "change" in Egypt. The one thing I don't like is this whole thing being compared to the Obama election supporters who pushed for Change and got him elected. That's propaganda being pushed toward one side over the other. What is going on in Egypt are the people rebelling against a police state run by a defacto dictator President who runs a Cult of Personality to keep them in line and uses the police forces to keep the peace. That's all. It's not the 2008 Elections so quit comparing the two.

Related article -
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/01/egypt-braces-for-march-of-millions/?hpt=T1


Possible Egyptian Military Coup:
After what went down today with Mubarak not wanting to step down until September which only angered the protesters even more, I wouldn't be surprised to see the coup d'etat scenario I wrote about in my blog yesterday within the next few days. The Egyptian military is in control and has been for years. To me they are in control and not Mubarak. The top generals should be the ones running the country instead of Mubarak at least until the elections and the new government is elected.

Related article -
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/01/egypt.military.protesters/index.html?hpt=T1


Obama finally takes a position:
Alright, after ripping into him last night President Obama has finally taken a position. Only until he was pushed to the point where he had to call on Mubarak to step down did Obama do so. I think that's a telling sign about this entire situation. If Obama can't make his mind up about this after days and days of protests then that tells me that he's just trying to take the position that will get most people on his side. That's not change, that's MOTS - More Of The Same. He was pushed and finally took the position that would get the least amount of heat. That's not leadership, that's called doing what other people want. It's that simple. The people want freedom so, since the United States wants freedom for everyone, then we should side with the people instead of President Hosni Mubarak? That would be the best position because CLEARLY Mubarak is not in control of Egypt so why side with someone who isn't in control and risk alienating the people and the incoming new government? That doesn't make any sense at all.

Related article -
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/01/us.egypt.obama/index.html?hpt=C1


Jordan in Crisis:
Jordan's King Abdullah II dismissed his government today after protests calling for change in an attempt to avoid the chaos that is erupting in Egypt and earlier in Tunisia. In this case the King did the right move despite the protests not being as big as the ones in Egypt. However Jordan is a smaller country so he almost had to given the amount of protesters. More on this as it develops. Also I'm using a lot of CNN articles for these blogs. The reason why is I feel Fox News is too conservative and MSNBC is too liberal. CNN is the middle ground so I used them because if I used the others, to be honest, I think the articles may be biased toward one side or the other. Just something I'd throw out there.

Related article -
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/01/jordan.government/index.html?hpt=T1