An immediate step down by Marcos was an acknowledgment that Aquino (sp?) had won the election - and a tyrant gave way to a democratically elected government.
An immediate step down of Mubarak would be an acknowledgment that the Jihadists had won through demonstrations and the Wests aversion to violence against mobs in the street - and a secular tyrant will give way to a Islamic tyrant.
Hardly analogous. The Philippines still is, and will remain, a US ally. Egypt is a beneficiary of our aid and sometimes a cooperative partner. The MB Egypt will be a belligerent exporter of jihad and anti-Americanism.
allmendream is correct sir. I wish I had said it first myself. I will add that we are now a nation of pansies. At every opportunity we achieve peace for our time. We reflexively commit to any Short-term success, even in the face of the decision being a long-term mistake. We prostrate ourselves to avoid the slightest violence even if genocide is the natural consequence.
Devil says: We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Now I recommend you go home, and sleep quietly in your beds, as liberty is slowly choked to her death.