VP Biden has gone on the record as saying that he would not call Mubarek a dictator. With all due respect that is a load of recycled baloney. Obviously the USA is standing behind Mubarek.
We are reading that Mubarek's response is to fire the existing government and then to reform a new one, except he gets to pick it all out. Excuse me, that is a dictator.
People want democracy, that's really what is going on. I hope they get it. What I am reading from people like Biden is that Mubarek needs to be more responsive to the needs of the people. With all due respect again, this statement is an admission that the government is not democratic and is serving to support its own interests. I hope the Egyptians knock it down.
Guardian UK: Egypt Protests - Live Updates
The opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has called on Mubarak to stand down and set a framework for a transition of power.
He told Al Jazeera television that this was the only the president could end the unrest across the country.
ElBaradei said Mubarak's speech in which he dismissed the cabinet was dissapointing as it did not go far enough towards addressing the people's desire for change.
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I hope you are wrong, and I bet you do too. Not a whole lot of good has occurred in these types of scenarios in recent years. These are young people out there, they have seen a lot more than their parents through media and the internet. I think they are less shielded from global ideas about how to live and get on in the world. I could be wrong but the old school is living on borrowed time. Facebook, the internet, social networking, texting, these things are the new tools of revolution.
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