” If Mubarak leaves then we won’t have to support one of Israels enemies anymore.
Why does the USA support Egypt at all? “
What we’ve bought with our aid to Egypt has been an effective arms blockade of Hamas in Gaza.... And Mubarak’s one saving grace is that he’s an ‘honest politician - he stays bought’.....
As someone pointed out upthread, there’s ‘Bad’ (support of a Dictator) and ‘Worse’ (opening the pipeline for a flood of Iranian arms - and forces? - to Israel’s REAL enemies...)
Update: Egyptian police reportedly grabbed CNN’s camera and beat the hell out of a BBC reporter. In Iran, however, the media is as pleased as can be by what’s happening. The end of Mubarak means the end of the cold peace between Egypt and Israel in all likelihood, plus lots of new arms smuggled to Iran’s proxy in Gaza. What’s not to like?