“i am still waiting to hear what FACTS you have with respect to which secular democratic party/movement is capable of stepping up to lead in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood is in place, organized and ready to go. Who, FACTUALLY, do you look to to challenge them? name one such organization. there is none.”
What fact do you have that the Muslim Brotherhood has control of this movement? None, cause there is none. These people did not revolt to become slaves, that is a fact. Now, there is a chance that the muslims will take over, or the communists, or whoever. Someone will, but have a little faith that people want to live free, prosperous lives. Why the hell do you think Iran is cutting off news reports to it’s people about this? BTW, the military is in power now, they are secular...appear to be supportive of freedom and democracy. That is your organization to focus on for a few minutes...there are not guarantees that fanatics will not take over this movement, it happens...but it is the ONLY chance we have of avoiding true mass destruction from islamic fanaticism in the future.
Try discerning this...do you really prefer a people live under oppressive tyranny so you can feel an illusion of safety, or would you risk for people being free? That is really the relevancy here.
none, because I didn't say that. I said the Muslim Brotherhood is organized and ready to go, unlike the nonexistent secular democratic force that I have been waiting for you to point to as the potential leader for the Egyptian people. Nature abhors a vacuum.
oh ok, so the status quo minus Mubarak then. because the military has always been in control.
And the last time the military was in power in Egypt, we got Nasser, then Sadat, and finally Mubarak, all military or ex-military ... hardly indicative of a tendency toward freedom and democracy.
The scorecard reads: Nasser - no friend of the United States and two wars with Israel ..
Sadat - one war with Israel and a borderline personality as far as being pro-Western, and assassinated by the Moslem Brotherhood ..
And, finally, Mubarak - reasonably pro-American and with a history of live-and-let-live with Israel, the "despot" whose fall youre so gleefully celebrating.
And now the cycle can begin again ...
It's a wonder that Mubarak, as he was leaving, didn't remark "“Après moi le déluge”.