All ME rulers are billionaires from their stints in office.
Mubarak actually was attempting to modernize and de-socialize the Egyptian economy, and his son was expected to do so much more aggressively.
I have no knowledge of that, so I cannot exactly agree (or disagree), but I will say that if Egypt were possibly transitioning to an even better, more enlightened, more Western leader, and if THAT was a contributing factor to the "democratic" uprising, it probably tells us a lot about what the "man in the street" was trying to avoid.
The Muslim Brotherhood may have switched into high gear because they saw Mubarak's son as a powerful foe. Isn't that a lovely thought?
> All ME rulers are billionaires from their stints in office.
Agreed.
The next tyrant to occupy the presidential palace will likewise enrich himself.
However, I surmise that the new tyrant will be a Mohammedan fanatic and will turn the entire country back a thousand years, besides ramping up the unspeakably cruel treatment of Christians and Jews.
Thank you for recognizing his son Gamal. Gamal was western educated and believed that the government owned too much and wanted to see more capitalism!!! In fact, under his leadership in the NDP, Egypt was finally seeing a middle class being built within the private sector. This kind of thinking ruffled many feathers, especially those within the military.
Oh and don’t forget, if you want to talk about poverty.......Egypt is a socialist country! Wherever their is socialism there is a high rate of poverty!