Posted on 02/10/2011 1:14:03 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has announced he is will not stand down until elections have been held. In a televised address, the president said he refused to be the subject of foreign pressure.
He said those responsible for violence will be punished. He promised to scrap emergency laws as soon as the situation in Egypt is stable.
Rumours spread earlier this evening that the resignation of the president was possibly imminent after Egypt's military announced earlier it was taking measures to preserve the nation and aspirations of the people. The Higher Army Council held an ongoing meeting without President Mubarak throughout the afternoon to assess the situation.
Speaking in Michigan, President Barack Obama said earlier "We are watching history unfold." In the most direct endorsement of the movement for a change of regime in Egypt so far, President Obama said, "America will continue to do everything that we can to support an orderly and genuine transition to democracy in Egypt."
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LMAO if true. Obama whiffs yet again...
Heard some radio report that four million are being axed to protest tomorrow. That can’t be good.
Darn. I was hoping that if it worked for Egypt, it might just work for America too. /s
He will be “stepped down” a la Sadat. The military cannot afford to lose face.
Being asked to show up and actually showing up are two different things entirely.
LMAO. I actually wrote a country song called that til I found out Trace Adkins did too. :(
Finally! A dictator that refuses to listen to the people and actually stands up to them instead of taking Billions and slinking off to exile in the south of France. You have to respect that kind of balliness, you’ve also got to feel somewhat sorry for the O, I mean he really is looking like a blathering idiot. I can’t wait to see what SNL does with this, it should be one of the better skits that they’ve done, although I don;t know how they could make it any funnier.
This is unexpected! Oh yeah and it’s Obama’s fault! :P
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