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U.S. Citizens who want to leave Egypt

U.S. Embassy in Cairo says it will assist U.S. Citizens who want to leave Egypt. Flights to depart on Monday. Ref. CNN

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Egypt's Mubarak meets with generals

President Hosni Mubarak, clinging on despite unprecedented demands for an end to his 30-year rule, has met with the military which is seen as holding the key to Egypt's future, while in Cairo, protesters defied a curfew. Ref. Source 4

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I have seen a lot of footage of this and it looks strangely like what happened to the Shah of Iran. The US really needs to cut ties with Mubarak as the only way he looks to hold power is to kill a lot of his own people.

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Analysis: The US moral conundrum in Egypt (AP)
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AP - As with Iran 30 years ago, American leaders again are wrestling with the moral conflict between Washington's demands for democracy among its friends and strategic coziness with dictatorial regimes seen as key to stability in an increasingly complex world, particularly the Middle East.

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Egypt govt reshuffle fails to placate protesters

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has overhauled his government to try to defuse a popular uprising against his 30-year rule but angry protesters rejected the changes and said he must surrender power. Ref. Source 3

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You feel Egypt will go from a dictatorship to a theocracy? There is a lot of theories that this being done to allow for the Islamists to take over.

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No, I was more looking at a semi-dictorial president that was an ally of the US for many years having a revolt by his people that starts out small but just ends up as a massive revolution. The US has to decide who to support: its long time ally or the revolution that seems to come from the people who are unhappy with the dictorial rule. If he is going to get overthrown, you want to have some sort of tie to the new government.

Of course, Israel would say we must continue to support Mubarak...and I can see a point there. He has been a longterm friend and was the first to make peace with Israel and was a key component to the peace that has been in the middle east for decades. However, there will be a point where if he is to maintain his post, he may have to kill many of his own people who are in revolt. Do we really want to be tied to that?

I do see that if a revolt is successful that the Islamic Brotherhood would have a lot more pull than they do today. Honestly, I don't see it turning into a Taliban type thing...but the Islamic Brotherhood would definitely have influence in the new democracy.

The interesting things is that the recent riots in the middle east have mostly been around food prices. I haven't looked into how much, but the price of oil is really hurting food production in a strange way. Significant quantities of farm production has been turned over to bio-fuel instead of human consumption because it pays better. This has to be having an effect on the amount of cheap grain production around the world.

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There was actually an election before? How does one speak about re-election as a dictator?