Egypt Needs To Forcefully Remove Mubarak

Feb 11, 2011 by James

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Egyptian Dictator Hosni Mubarak has resigned and fled from Egypt to a resort island in the Red Sea. He will of course pay for him and his family with the billions he stole from the Egyptian people. The military has now taken control of Egypt and has promised to enforce free and fair elections.

The people of Egypt have voiced their resentment of President Mubarak for the last 17 days and their voices are falling on deaf ears. President Mubarak has refused to relinquish power immediately and has refused to resign. President Obama said yesterday that Mubarak’s efforts have not been meaningful or sufficient. Even after Obama’s speech Mubarak stood his ground saying “I will never accept ‘foreign’ dictations,” and although he is not running for re-election in September that is not enough to quell the protests. Mubarak said he will fulfill his oath of office. “It’s not about me, it’s not about Hosni Mubarak. It’s about Egypt,” he added but clearly he is not listening to the demands of his own people. Since he refuses to leave it seems the people of Egypt’s only choice remaining is force.

Foreign Policy magazine has even speculated on the use of force sooner rather than later. They predict it could happen as soon as today with one of the largest protests to date just outside of the Presidential palace.

About halfway through Mubarak’s speech, one guy behind me yelled out: “Does that look like someone who’s leaving? He won’t go until he’s removed. So we’ll remove him!” The mood in the immediate aftermath of Mubarak’s speech was difficult to define — equal parts deflation, determination, and a mounting sense of rage. “I feel hatred. I feel like we need to drag him from his palace,” said Mayada Moursi, a schoolteacher in her early 30s.

Even a Nobel Peace prize winner voiced his support for the military to take action.

Prominent reform advocate, Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, whose supporters were among the organizers of the 17-day-old wave of protests, issued a Tweet calling on the military to act. “The army must save the country now,” he said. “I call on the Egyptian army to immediately interfere to rescue Egypt. The credibility of the army is on the line.”

The dictator of 30 years thinks that transferring power over to his vice president would be enough to diminish the protests but his announcement that he will remain president and oversee the regime reform process caused protesters to chant “leave, leave, leave.” Now the protesters are looking to the prestigious Egyptian military to take action and force the Presidents hand. A council of the military’s top generals announced it had stepped in to secure the country, and a senior commander announced to protesters in Tahrir Square that all their demands would soon be met which has some wondering if the military is threatening to take action against the government.

If the Egyptian military does take action to forcefully remove Mubarak it could turn into a nightmare for the United States who has close military ties with Egypt. The United States would likely catch the blame for the ousting of Mubarak and a potential political assassination as even Adm. Mike Mullen has said how close their relationship is. The United States is still publicly calling for a peaceful transition and is only supportive of the protesters while they’re peacefully assembling. It wouldn’t shock me though if behind the scenes the U.S. was working to remove. If the United States had the well respected Egyptian military oust Mubarak it would boost our image with their people and prop up the new Democracy.

The people need to realize that at some point their momentum will collapse as people will grow tired. If they do not use their ever increasing rage to oust the President who refuses to leave then they will simply not be able to. Once the momentum begins to slow the people have lost and Mubarak, gone or not, has won. Mubarak also needs to realize his fate. He is done no matter what but if he keeps stoking the fire he will eventually get burnt. If he does not understand his peoples wishes, or just ignores them, he will see that rage used against him. If Mubarak has any sense left he will resign and leave Egypt like the rest of his cronies.

Watch these protesters in Cairo erupt with rage as they realize Mubarak will not step down. I don’t think peace will last much longer.

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