Quote Originally Posted by Rodri View Post
Western media and western politicians seem to be focused on what this might mean to the west instead of accepting that this is a popular uprising in Egypt and the Egyptian people are not concerned with the west at this time.

It's amazing to have someone actually on the ground posting from their perspective in this forum. From outside looking in, Mubarak is almost gone. He is trying to hold on by his fingernails now but his major supporters have abandoned him to his fate.

Stay safe Sari.
It is all very up in the air. And there have been protests around the world supporting the Egyptian people. It is a really icky situation for governments because taking sides could end badly either way for most western governments (looking at it from a politician's viewpoint) . Just to point out the Muslim extremists are a small minority. most Egyptians don't want an extremist state and are moderate and want the same rights that many westerners have and a government that is not completely corrupt. As far as Mubarak everyone thought he would make a stronger statement yesterday-they thought he would go...who knows it's so hard to tell!

Quote Originally Posted by BrotherhoodUK View Post
Sari, didn't the army say that they would not use force on the protesters in Egypt? And anyway, the army are now asking them to go home.

Because President Mubarak declared he would not stand for the next election.

And King Abdullah of Jordan sacked his whole government yesterday.
And the army said that because those were their orders. It didn't stop there being snipers on the buildings in downtown Cairo shooting protesters...but anyway the army IS STILL in the pay of the government and it is STILL unclear whose side they are on if it came down to the wire. Why should the people go home? Just because he won't be in the next election doesn't mean the election won't be corrupt..if u know anything about the constitution of Egypt bc of amendments made my Mubarak and his government, basically no one BESIDES someone from his party can run for president of Egypt. The Egyptian people want to hear that they will have a voice when the government is being reformed. The people Mubarak replaced in his ministry were all just other people from different parts of his government...he really has not made any big concessions-even him running again--the dude is 82 years old and in poor health! Not to mention that Mubarak actually ORDERED the police to abandon their posts in the streeet and to release the prisoners to wreak havoc...scare tactics to get the people to stand down-and there's much much more to it. After the treatment the people have received on behalf of Mubarak and his government they are not placated by him reshuffling his cabinet and promises for HIM not to run again...there needs to be alot more conceded before they calm down. If you're from the UK you have all the rights they are fighting for...their demands are not unreasonable...and it is really difficult to see from the outside the harm and damage the government is willing to deal on Egyptian citizens to stay in power.