Rising Hegemon
The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials a proposal for President Hosni Mubarak to resign immediately and turn over power to a transitional government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman with the support of the Egyptian military, administration officials and Arab diplomats said Thursday.
Suleiman, as you might expect, is a real prince. It may, however, be a "relatively" fairly broad coalition so the Right in this country can still
But it's not like Mubarak will not be leaving without the traditional parting gifts of a long-time tyrant who has benefited in part from the West's largess:
Egypt’s embattled President Hosni Mubarak’s and his family’s net worth is estimated to be between U.S. dollars 40 and 70 billion, a media report said. The wealth of the Egypt’s first family was built largely from military contracts during his days as an air force officer...
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Or the Egyptian military might use more persuasive means.
Ah, yes, another faithful friend of the U.S. who's enthusiastically adopted the Bush family motto, "Public service for private gain."
...so the Right in this country can still ... remain insane.
Short of installing Bombin' Bolton as new supreme ruler and then supplying him with a nuke arsenal to use at his discretion, what wouldn't stoke the right wing Teaocracy?
gotta cut baradai out.
That's not Change, that's Deranged.
In America, deranged is merely out of sorts and armed.
vox
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